Ephesians 4:13

The goal of equipping is corporate maturity: unity in faith and knowledge of Christ, growing up into his fullness. The church is meant to mature together into Christlikeness.

Cross-references · 27

• Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
• John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• Eph 4:5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
• Eph 4:3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
• 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
• Heb 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
• 1 Cor 14:20Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
• Jer 32:38–39They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
• Col 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
• Zech 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
• Eph 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
• Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
• Zeph 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
• 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Phil 2:1–3Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
• 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Eph 4:12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
• 1 Cor 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
• John 17:25–26Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
• John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
• Ezek 37:21–22you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• Eph 2:15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
• 2 Pet 1:1–3Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
• Isa 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
• Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

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