These
are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets,
the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is
to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body
of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our
faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord,
measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. (Ephesians 4:12-13)
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