“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;”
— WEB
Ephesians 4:13
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“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”
— KJV
“till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”
— ASV
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Commentary
come in--rather, "attain unto." ALFORD expresses the Greek order, "Until we arrive all of us at the unity," &c. faith and . . . knowledge--Full unity of faith is then found, when all alike thoroughly know Christ, the object of faith, and that in His highest dignity as "the Son of God" [DE WETTE] (Eph 3:17, Eph 3:19; Pe2 1:5). Not even Paul counted himself to have fully "attained" (Phi 3:12-14). Amidst the variety of the gifts and the multitude of the Church's members, its "faith" is to be ONE: as contrasted with the state of "children carried about with EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE." (Eph 4:14). perfect man--unto the full-grown man (Co1 2:6; Phi 3:15; Heb 5:14); the maturity of an adult; contrasted with children (Eph 4:14). Not "perfect men"; for the many members constitute but one Church joined to the one Christ. stature, &c.--The standard of spiritual "stature" is "the fulness of Christ," that is, which Christ has (Eph 1:23; Eph 3:19; compare Gal 4:19); that the body should be worthy of the Head, the perfect Christ.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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