Ephesians 4:13

World English Bible (2000)

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

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  • Col 1:28 : 28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
  • Eph 4:5 : 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
  • Eph 4:3 : 3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
  • Eph 1:23 : 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
  • John 17:21 : 21 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
  • John 17:25-26 : 25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them."
  • Acts 4:32 : 32 The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
  • 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 2:15 : 15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
  • Jer 32:38-39 : 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
  • Ezek 37:21-22 : 21 Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;
  • Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
  • Zech 14:9 : 9 Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
  • Phil 2:1-3 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, 2 make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
  • Col 2:2 : 2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,
  • Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
  • 2 Pet 1:1-3 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue;
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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  • 12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

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    14 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

    15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

    16 from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

  • 28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

  • Phil 3:15-16
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    15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

    16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.

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    10 but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

    11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

    12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

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    18 may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

    19 and to know Christ's love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

  • 10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

  • 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

  • Col 1:9-10
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    9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

    10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

  • 3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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    2 that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

    3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

  • 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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    9 and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ;

    10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

  • 20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

  • 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  • Eph 1:17-18
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    17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

  • 21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

  • 19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.

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    9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

    10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;

  • 9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

  • 26 For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 13 to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

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    10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;

    11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • 11 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

  • 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

  • Eph 4:6-7
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    6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

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

  • 5 that in everything you were enriched in him, in all speech and all knowledge;

  • 6 that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

  • 17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

  • Rom 12:4-5
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    4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,

    5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

  • 10 Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

  • 1 Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

  • 7 so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;