3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,

4 one body, and one Spirit. Just as also ye were called in one hope of your calling,

5 one Lord, one faith, one immersion,

6 one God and Father of all. He is over all, and through all, and in us all.

7 But the grace was given to each of us, according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

8 Therefore he says, Having ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

9 And what is the ascended, except that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He who descended is also the same man who ascended high above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.

11 And indeed he gave the apostles, and the prophets, and the evangelists, and the shepherds and teachers

12 for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.

13 Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a standard of stature of the fullness of the Christ.