Eph 4:11-16 | ESV | STEP | And he gave the apostles , the prophets , the evangelists , the shepherds and teachers ,

Ephesians 4:11-16

11 And ^ahe gave the ^bapostles, the prophets, the ^cevangelists, the ^dshepherds ^{▼▼Or pastors} and teachers, ^{▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers} 12 ^gto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ^hbuilding up ⁱthe body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to ^jthe unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, ^kto mature manhood, ^{▼▼Greek to a full-grown man} to the measure of the stature of ^mthe fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, ⁿtossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ^odeceitful schemes. 15 Rather, ^pspeaking the truth in love, we are to ^qgrow up in every way into him who is ^rthe head, into Christ, 16 ^sfrom whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, ^twhen each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.