Eph 4:3-16 | ESV | STEP | eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace .

3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in ^athe bond of peace. 4 There is ^bone body and ^cone Spirit—just as you were called to the one ^dhope that belongs to your call— 5 ^eone Lord, ^fone faith, ^gone baptism, 6 ^hone God and Father of all, ⁱwho is over all and through all and in all. 7 But ^jgrace was given ^kto each one of us ^laccording to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says,

^m“When he ascended on high ⁿhe led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women}
9 ( ^pIn saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into ^qthe lower regions, the earth? ^{▼▼Or the lower parts of the earth?} 10 He who descended is the one who also ^sascended ^tfar above all the heavens, that he might ^ufill all things.) 11 And ^vhe gave the ^wapostles, the prophets, the ^xevangelists, the ^yshepherds ^{▼▼Or pastors} and teachers, ^{▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers} 12 ^abto equip the saints for the work of ministry, for ^acbuilding up ^adthe body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to ^aethe unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, ^afto mature manhood, ^{▼▼Greek to a full-grown man} to the measure of the stature of ^ahthe fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, ^aitossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ^ajdeceitful schemes. 15 Rather, ^akspeaking the truth in love, we are to ^algrow up in every way into him who is ^amthe head, into Christ, 16 ^anfrom whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, ^aowhen each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.