3 forbearing one another in love, Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit, by the bond of peace.

4 There is one body and one Spirit, as ye are also called in one hope of your calling;

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism:

6 One God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.

7 But to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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

9 (Now that he ascended, what is it, but that he also descended first to the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same that ascended also, far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, to the edifying the body of Christ;

13 Till we all come to the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: