Ephesians 4:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Their purpose is to prepare God's people to serve and to build up the body of Christ.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

ASV:

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

BBE:

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

DBY:

for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

ERV:

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

WEY:

in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

WBS:

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

WEB:

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

YLT:

unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

Ephesians 4:12 Cross References

XREF:

1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.

2 Corinthians 13:9 For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.

Ephesians 1:23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:12 {7} For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the {p} body of Christ:
(7) He shows the aim of ecclesiastical functions, that is, that by the ministry of men all the saints may so grow up together, that they may make one mystical body of Christ.
(p) The Church.

PNT:

4:12 For the perfecting of the saints. Helping them to higher and holier lives.
For the work of the ministry. For carrying on the various works assigned to the ministry.
For the edifying of the body of Christ. All was intended to minister to the upbuilding of the church, within and without.

WES:

4:12 In this verse is noted the office of ministers; in the next, the aim of the saints; in the 14th, 15th, 16th, the way of growing in grace. And each of these has three parts, standing in the same order. For the perfecting the saints - The completing them both in number and their various gifts and graces. To the work of the ministry - The serving God and his church in their various ministrations. To the edifying of the body of Christ - The building up this his mystical body in faith, love, holiness.

MHC:

4:7-16 Unto every believer is given some gift of grace, for their mutual help. All is given as seems best to Christ to bestow upon every one. He received for them, that he might give to them, a large measure of gifts and graces; particularly the gift of the Holy Ghost. Not a mere head knowledge, or bare acknowledging Christ to be the Son of God, but such as brings trust and obedience. There is a fulness in Christ, and a measure of that fulness given in the counsel of God to every believer; but we never come to the perfect measure till we come to heaven. God's children are growing, as long as they are in this world; and the Christian's growth tends to the glory of Christ. The more a man finds himself drawn out to improve in his station, and according to his measure, all that he has received, to the spiritual good of others, he may the more certainly believe that he has the grace of sincere love and charity rooted in his heart.

CONC:

Body Building Built Christ Christ's Church Edifying Equip Equipping Fully God's Ministering Ministration Ministry Order Perfecting Saints Servants Service Serving Training View Works

Body Building Built Christ Christ's Church Edifying Equip Fully God's Ministering Ministration Ministry Order Perfecting Prepare Saints Servants Service Serving Training View Work Works

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