As I said in the last two lessons: I want you to begin to see yourself as part of an apostolic movement equipping, empowering, collaborating and networking with like minded believers co-laboring to fulfill the Great Commission. The book of Acts covers approximately the first 30 years of Jesus ekklesia using the keys of the kingdom, setting captives free through prayer and proclamation. Then forming communities practicing the four essentials of the faith.
Let me share them with you again because this is the mission Christ has given us to fulfill. Number one is teaching the pure doctrine of the word, which includes discipleship and equipping believers to do the work of the ministry. Number two is the practice of water baptism which is a public demonstration and a sign or witness that you are a member of the body of Christ. Number three is the partaking of the body and blood of Christ on a regular basis among the community of the faithful; which is essentially fellowship and prayer. Number four is having some type of leadership structure, which is about accountability and formation of Christlike qualities.
Leadership has two purposes. Number one it’s necessary for the fulfilling of mission and number two it’s necessary for dealing with conflict resolution. Leadership is about supporting and undergirding the members of the body so that they can fulfill the mission of the ekklesia. Our primary mission is the Great Commission as detailed in Lesson 43 which is making disciples. Making disciples means more than just leading people to a conversion of faith in Christ. It includes teaching them to observe all that Jesus commanded and equipping them to function as the body of Christ. To effectively fulfill this task we need to utilize all of the tools that have been provided through the ascension of Christ.
The book of Acts opens up with the resurrected Christ talking to his disciples. Acts chapter 1 verses 8 thru 11 Jesus tells them: you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
It’s Paul who tells us the rest of the story. In Ephesians chapter 4, as he unveils one of the results of Christ's ascension into the heavenly realm as our great high priest.
Paul opens this chapter telling us that there is only one faith, one Lord, one Spirit, one Father and one body. He then talks of Christ's descent into Hades where He took the keys of the kingdom declaring his victory over death and the grave through his resurrection. Paul then tells us that when Christ ascended into the heavenlies, he also dispersed his abilities to his body on earth. Just as Jesus took 5 loaves and multiplied that to feed 5,000 people, when he ascended, he dispersed his abilities into five gifts, so that his ministry could be multiplied through his body. The number 5, is the number for grace and the release of these 5 gifts, equips the body to operate in the fullness of Christ's ability.
In Lesson 46: The Lord’s Supper, Jesus laid the foundation for leading his ekklesia on the bedrock of his broken body and poured out blood, showing us leadership is about supporting and serving others. The early church survived and thrived because it wasn’t built on the faulty foundation of man worship. Authority was dispersed rather than concentrated in one man. It was an apostolic movement born in the soil of the cruciform life of denying self. It was a participatory pattern based on fellowship, mutual honor and living out the cruciform life through the cooperative hearts of servants.
If you study the type of organization Jesus and the apostles established it was to be like a body with power distributed throughout the organization. Every part of the body has a role to play in the success and maturity of the whole. Jesus is the head and through His Spirit He directs every member of His flexible, interdependent body to by faith use their gifts to work together.
Jesus Christ was the only fully gifted human and when he ascended he chose to create an interdependent, multifaceted, corporate body as the only entity that could contain his gifts. No individual was ever meant to show the fullness of Christ to the world. We are meant to do that through redeemed communities.
It’s Paul who lays out the clearest pattern for building the community of the faithful through his apostolic ministry and it’s in the book of Ephesians that he lays out a framework for accomplishing the mission.
We are all equal in Christ being placed on one foundation, yet we are not all equally gifted. In Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 Paul lists what we call the ascension gifts of Christ. He says, Christ gave some to serve as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as shepherds and some as teachers. He distributed himself as five differing gifts, so His body would be equipped to carry on his work, in the earth building, growing and expanding His ministry.
The Ephesians chapter 4 text has a sense of system functionality just as our natural body.
Apostles are like our feet providing both stability and expansion. Prophets are like our eyes that see, our ears that hear and our mouths that declare the heart of God. Evangelists are like our arms reaching out to the lost. Teachers are like our legs that give us strength of character, wisdom and faith formed through the word of God to keep us on mission during our journey. Shepherds are like our hands that are used both for being tender and protective. Each of these gifts need to be fully active and present in the life of the body. If they are not then we not only diminish our understanding of the faith, but we introduce significant dysfunction into the body of Christ affecting its proper functioning.
These five gifts could be compared to tools because they are used to build, prepare and make ready the body for functionality.
It’s my opinion that the five gifts of Christ given to various persons in the body of Christ are leadership gifts. I say this because of two reasons. Number one the text says that some not all have been given these gifts and number two the text specifically says these gifts have been given for the purpose of equipping the saints which is the entire body.
In Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 we see five leadership gifts which Christ has distributed to his body.
Paul did not teach nor demonstrate a clergy class ruling over the rest of the body. He did teach that each member of his body has differing gifts, giving some the ability to speak and lead, while others are given the ability to serve and manage. All of the Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 gifts are speaking and leading gifts, possessing a different aspect of Christ ministry. In the last Lesson 48: Part II Order In The Church, I showed you that being an elder in the local ekklesia is a public leadership position that will interact with people. It’s a requirement for leadership to teach which is speaking publicly. It’s why I believe all elders or leaders will have one or a combination of the Ephesians 4:11 gifts.
It’s these leadership gifts that Christ has given to support, undergird and propel his body so that the mission is fulfilled.
Each gift is given to demonstrate an aspect of the ministry of Christ, through preaching the crucified and risen Christ with their distinct focus. What you see happen in the book of Acts, is a shift, from a focus on the centralization of James and Peter in Jerusalem: to Paul who developed a decentralized apostolic team of church planters. It’s through Paul's ministry that we began to see a reproducible model of formation develop.
In Acts chapter 13, Barnabas and Paul were 'set apart as an apostolic team', then 'sent out'. As they went forth praying and proclaiming the gospel using the keys of the kingdom to set captives free: they then made disciples forming communities of believers in the cities they visited. The apostolic team was building a net of organizational relationships, but before they could move on to do it again: they appointed a leadership team to oversee, guide, encourage, instruct and equip the outpost they had established.
Barnabas and Paul were not elders, but they were apostolic team leaders operating in the Ephesians 4:11 leadership gifts of Christ.
I am going to introduce a term that is not in the Bible. It’s the term extra local ministry and it’s a term I want to use to define ministry which is not confined to the local expression of the ekklesia.
Let’s look at this text in Acts 13 verses 2 thru 3. It says a group of prophets and teachers were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, set apart for me Barnabas and Paul for the work to which I have called them. Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. Paul and Barnabas were set apart from the local ekklesia in Antioch to the work of extra-local ministry.
Carlton Kenny in his book, 'His Rule In His Church’ says that anyone operating in the Ephesians 4:11 gifts of Christ that have experience and maturity, qualifies them to operate extra-locally and should be respected in that role.
Paul in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 never gives any character qualification for these fives gifts, but he clearly gives character qualifications for elders which is the leadership team of the local ekklesia. I think it’s easy to assume that any Ephesians 4:11 gift which functions in a public ministry: would be held to the same character qualifications set forth in I Timothy chapter 3. If you are not familiar with those qualifications I would recommend listening to Lesson 48: Part II Order In The Church.
Jesus was an apostle, a prophet, an evangelist, a shepherd and a teacher when he walked this earth. He fulfilled everyone of these ministries and set the pattern for us to follow.
After his departure, he has now distributed his ability to different people so that the church can be equipped to do the same work that He did while on this earth. The Greek word used for equipping found in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 12 is katartismos and it means 'preparation'. So the word means to mend, repair, make whole or perfect. It’s the idea of a doctor setting bones to heal correctly or fishermen mending their nets so that they work correctly. The basic idea is that of putting a thing into the original condition in which it ought to be. The English word equip means to furnish for service or action preparing fully, so those who have been equipped might serve the purpose for which they were created.
The people who possess these gifts are called to help the rest of the body to become competent in their particular gifting.
This does not mean everyone will be an evangelist, but they will be competent to evangelize through being equipped by this ministry gift. According to F.F. Bruce "the gifts enumerated in Ephesians 4:11 do not monopolize the church's ministry, their function rather is to help and direct the Church that all the members may perform their several ministries for the good of the whole.
What is the result of these gifts operating in the ekklesia. The first result will be each individual member of the body of Christ finding their place of ministry. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 13 says another result will be the body walking in unity because we are established on the foundation of Christ and we will see Jesus for who He is. Vs 14 says, another result will be stability and not being tossed around by deceptive doctrines. Vs 15 says, we will mature in our faith and grow up in Christ. Vs 16 then says the final result will be the different parts of the body working together, which will bring growth and expansion.
Let’s take a look at what the Bible says about each one of these gifts.
Out of all the five gifts of Christ the word apostle was not a word used in the Old Testament. The author of Hebrews called Jesus the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.
The word apostle originated from the Ancient Greeks. It was initially a naval term used to describe the leader of a fleet of ships who colonized new territory. The fleet would be sent out to sea on a mission, to locate territories where civilization was nonexistent. Once an uncivilized region was identified, the admiral who was called an apostle which means sent one — along with his specialized crew and all their cargo and belongings — would disembark, settle down and work as a team to establish a new community.
In referring to Jesus as the apostle in Hebrews chapter 3, the author is talking about expanding into new territory and building a new house. So the apostolic, has to do with being sent to expand into new territory and forming new communities.
An apostle is sent to minister with God-given authority to expand the ekklesia, lay foundations and is a key networker of relationships connecting the body together for organizational formation.
In this discipleship school I’m simply laying foundations. In the last lesson I was discussing women in leadership and I told you I would do follow up lessons because I just don’t have the room to adequately cover this material. In like manner, I will be doing stand alone lessons on each of the Ephesians 4:11 gifts. In this lesson I’m merely laying foundations.
The original twelve apostles are in a class of their own. No modern-day apostle can ever take the place of the original twelve. Revelations 21 verse 14 says the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles. However, in the New Testament a number of people other than the original 12 apostles of the Lamb are specifically called apostles. Just to name a few, you have Paul, Barnabas, Silvanus, Adronicus, Junia, Priscilla and the last two actually being female. It’s an important point to remember that the apostle is just one of the five gifts in Ephesians 4:11 and it’s not any more special or more important than any of the others.
The apostle is not the head of an organization, like the CEO and they do not have any authority over spiritual leaders in the local ekklesia, unless they are given that place.
Yes, mature apostles are spiritual fathers, but you know if I invite my father into my home, he doesn’t just come in and start bossing me or my family around. He may give me some fatherly advice, but I have the right to accept it or reject it. Paul does say in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 28 that God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers. It’s not in a hierarchical way nor in a way of importance, but in a way of function.
If you are building a house, the first thing you do is lay foundations which support and undergird the entire house.
Paul as an apostolic role model described himself as someone who planted and laid foundations as a skilled master builder. The word master builder is loaded with notions of primary designer or blueprint crafter, innovator and strategist with a hands on approach. A true apostle is not just a theorist. He is one who has been through the crucible fires of experience, actually getting his hands dirty, doing the hard work of laboring to establish others in Christ and bringing to birth the ekklesia.
Paul was a spiritual father to the communities he founded because he was the catalyst who brought them into existence by the gospel.
Nothing is more closely associated with the apostle than the incarnation of Christ. The terms apostle and gospel are more than just intimately connected; they are functionally related. No apostle can separate his or her calling as apostle from the core mission—to serve as a steward of the mystery of Christ. Apostles are custodians of the genetic codes of the gospel and organizational team builders who assemble apostolic teams to plant churches, develop leaders, coordinate ministries, manage crises on a macro level and build a network of leaders.
Apostles are more than key organizers, but are also empowered with an anointing of the Holy Spirit to be witnesses of Christ's resurrection power.
The power of the Spirit will accompany their ministry and they will have great insight into the other four gifts of Christ. Apostles are like our feet, providing stability, as agents of doctrinal integrity and laying foundations for others to build upon.
To be equipped by this gift does not mean you become an apostle, but it does mean you can take on certain apostolic traits through the influence and impartation of this gift. Apostles are given to help us receive a vision from the Lord to expand, build and establish new territory.
The next gift that is listed is prophet and is closely associated with the apostle.
The prophet was one of the main ministries in the Old Testament. It’s one of the main ministries in grounding and forming Jesus ekklesia. In Ephesians chapter 2 verse 20 Paul says, the ekklesia is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone. He closely links apostles and prophets in his teaching on formation and he models this approach through his apostolic ministry. It’s prophets in Antioch that confirm and send Paul out on his first apostolic mission. He works closely with Silas a prophet establishing new communities of the faithful and he receives prophetic guidance from Agabus the prophet on several occasions.
Prophets are like our eyes that see, our ears that hear and our mouths that declare the heart of God. Paul shows their importance in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 28 by saying that God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers. Again this is not in a hierarchical way nor in a way of importance, but of function. The prophet is one who not only exercises the gift of prophecy, but who occupies a place of leadership ministry. A prophet can serve on an eldership team in the local ekklesia, an apostolic team providing support to multiple churches or serve the greater church as an extra-local ministry gift.
The Greek Lexical Aids to the New Testament says: New Testament prophets are for the Christian Church what Old Testament prophets were for Israel. They are messengers or communicators.
The role of the prophetic ministry historically in the Old Testament and in the New Testament for today has been a call to lead people away from the pathway of destruction, to the narrow path of life or the life of covenant. It is an oversimplification, but prophets in the Old and New Testaments deal with motives of the heart and the end result is to bring forth a heart wholly dedicated to worshipping the Father. The ultimate goal of prophetic ministry is to bring believers into a deeper walk with Christ by equipping the body with the motivation of the Spirit to fulfill the Father's heart.
The prophetic gift like any other Ephesians four gifting is to impart an aspect of Christ into the life of the believer. Christ the prophet is a foundational gift which is supposed to lay a deep understanding of covenant relationship in the believer's heart. This must be foundational to the gifts of the Spirit in operation in our lives. The result will be a heart of worship dedicated and submitted to the Lordship of Christ so that when we operate in the gifts, we have pure motives.
A prophet will consistently operate in the word of wisdom, word of knowledge and prophecy, yet every prophet will be unique.
I see two major types of prophets exhibited in the Old Testament and New Testament. I classify these two types as "word" prophets and "spirit" prophets. Let me explain. A "word" prophet will be gifted with revelation knowledge in the word of God. You will see some with a teaching gift, but it’s more than teaching its proclamation. It’s different from the gift of a teacher in that they will be more preachers of the word than just giving instruction. A "word" prophet will be moved strongly by the Spirit to set forth a certain scriptural passage. In this instance the Spirit also provides a special boldness and power of communication. Judas and Silas were of this type in Acts chapter 15 verse 32.
A "spirit" prophet will be gifted with insight into the realm of the Spirit. This type of prophet was called a seer in the Old Testament for example Elijah. John, who wrote the book of Revelation, although he was an apostle he also operated as a type of ‘spirit’ prophet. This type of prophet will be communicated to in dreams, visions and even the audible voice of God. Dreams and visions are not limited to the prophet, but they are more frequent in their lives. Agabus was this type of prophet. By the Spirit he predicted a famine in Acts chapter 11 and saw that Paul would be imprisoned in Acts chapter 21.
In a sense, all prophets are word and spirit prophets, but usually they will lean to one side stronger than the other.
The primary concern of the prophet is to motivate their listeners to live faithfully in the light of the future or integrity of the word of God. Prophets will display a strong sense of the plans of God along with calling out sin and dysfunction in the world. The Ephesians 4:11 prophet is a leadership gift and ‘in function’ along with ‘authoritative power’, will differ from those with the gift of prophecy, as defined in Romans chapter 12. I’ll talk about this more in the next lesson. The prophet gives visionary leadership to the ekklesia along with confrontation at times. Prophets are to help equip the church to hear and know the voice of the Spirit.
The next gift is the evangelist. Evangelist comes from the Greek word euangelistes, which is defined as one who proclaims good news. This is where we get the English word gospel. An evangelist is one who devotes himself entirely to preaching the gospel, especially the message of salvation. If you have ever been around a true evangelist they are contagious soul winners because it’s in their DNA. It’s what they get up in the morning to do and go to bed thinking about which is reaching others for the gospel.
The clearest picture of an evangelist at work is found in Acts chapter 8. This describes the ministry of Philip who is specifically called an evangelist in Acts chapter 21 verse 8. In Philip's ministry we see two types of evangelism which is multitude evangelism and one-on-one evangelism.
In Acts 8 it says that the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip. Philip was in the city of Samaria preaching Christ to large groups of people. In this setting you see that there were miracles, deliverances and healing. Evangelists like apostles will operate in the power of the Holy Spirit, but they are more singly focused on the proclamation of the gospel.
Multitude evangelism can see multitudes brought to Christ in a day. It’s why they should always work with apostolic teams to help them with formation because the goal is always making disciples.
In Acts 8:26, Philip left the multitude by the Spirit's leading and evangelized the Ethiopian eunuch with a one-on-one encounter. Philip without anyone else being around helped this man understand and receive Jesus as the Son of God. Most evangelists will do both multitude evangelism and one-on-one evangelism, but they are normally stronger in one or the other. Like the prophet an evangelist can serve on an eldership team in the local ekklesia, an apostolic team providing support to multiple churches, provide support to multiple churches or serve the greater church as an extra-local ministry gift.
Everyone is called to preach the gospel and the equipping of the evangelist will help the entire body become more effective in this task.
The next gift is that of a shepherd. The Greek word translated shepherd in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 could be literally translated as feeder and it’s only found once here in the New Testament.
The basic function of this gift is the most tender and caring of the gifts and its feeding in a nurturing way.
The teacher is more of a lecturer or instructor while the shepherd gets close up and personal.
In John chapter 21, while Jesus is talking to Peter we get a picture of the work of the shepherd. The Lord directed Peter to feed My lambs. Then the Lord asked Peter again and after the affirmative response He exhorted him to tend My sheep. After the third time, He directed Peter to feed My sheep. Here the Lord is actually giving three different instructions to Peter. First to feed the lambs, then to tend the sheep and then to feed the sheep.
Lambs are baby sheep and Jesus has given the gift of shepherd for taking care of the babies. The shepherd provides close contact and care for new believers making sure they are being plugged into discipleship through small groups. It’s also making sure children and youth are being sufficiently fed supporting the family unit. It’s those who possess this gift that will be passionate to make sure follow-up and nourishment of new sheep, children and youth are being done.
The shepherd will also want to tend the sheep which is to protect them from predators and parasites, nursing them when they become sick and breaking up fights. Home visitation, hospital visits and counseling would be pastoral. At its core, the shepherd is tasked with creating a healthy community, with nurturing people in the faith and caring for the welfare of the people.
Perhaps one of the best ways to articulate the essence of the shepherding function is summed up in the word formation in the way of Christ, lived locally and communally. This impulse to nurture and protect the community, leads us to say that shepherds operate primarily out of a communal impulse.
The shepherd will be gifted to lead the sheep to green pastures and 'equip' the sheep in the flock to help care for and give milk to the lambs. The shepherd gift tends to be a local gifting serving one community. A person with this gift is normally a part of the leadership team in a local community of believers, but a more mature shepherd could serve on an apostolic team equipping other leaders.
Teachers are the fifth category of the gifts of Christ. The teacher is a distinct gift of Christ indicated by the fact that there were both prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch. The Greek word for teacher could actually be translated as instructor.
You will find some who will combine the shepherd and teacher together as one gift due to the office of elders in the local ekklesia being both overseers and teachers. You do find some will have a combination of these gifts, however there are many gifted teachers who have little pastoring ability. I have known many excellent teachers who have no aptitude or gifting for pastoral ministry. I’ve known some really great shepherds who struggle at teaching.
A teacher will be able to take the word of God and use it skillfully in laying down sound doctrine.
Paul shows their importance in 1 Corinthians chapter 12 verse 28 by saying that God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers. Again this is not in a hierarchical way nor in a way of importance, but of function. Apollos in Acts chapter 18 is a good example of a teacher who was mighty in the scriptures. Paul the apostle was also called a teacher. The teacher's focus will be to instruct others in the word of God helping them to understand it. They will equip the church to understand, study and teach others the word of God. The gift of the teacher in Ephesians 4:11 and the gift of teaching in Romans chapter 12 will differ in its authority and scope of ministry.
Apollos not only stayed in one place as part of the local leadership team, he also served on an apostolic team and was used as an extra-local ministry to equip the greater ekklesia.
As I've said throughout this school of discipleship, my teaching goal is to make the word of God simple, attainable and applicable. To fulfill the mission of Christ ascension, then 'equipping the saints' must be more than theoretical. Knowing is not enough! We have to implement and put into practice equipping every member so that the body of Christ will function properly, reaching the potential embedded into the genetic code of its design.
Now some of you are probably asking yourself do I have one of these gifts? Paul the apostle said that he was called not by man, nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ. If you are called as one of these gifts the Holy Spirit will let you know. The Spirit of God within us lets each of us know our purpose and calling just like he did Paul, Silas, Philip, Pricilla and so on. Each of our callings is unique and the way we discover our callings will be also so don't put God in a box.
The Spirit calls each of us to find our place in the body of Christ, but He also confirms and prepares us to walk in our ministries.
If we have one of these Ephesians 4:11 gifts of Christ then it will not only be evident to us, but it will also become evident to those spiritual leaders in our lives. Once your calling and gifting has been confirmed you need to be prepared for ministry. Paul the apostle is a good example. Paul was called, confirmed and then immediately began to use His gift in Acts chapter 9, but he was not yet fully prepared for ministry. We don't hear from Paul again until Barnabas goes and gets him at Tarsus in Acts chapter 12 which was 7 yrs. later.
In like manner between the calling and the full use of our gift is the confirmation and preparation of our lives and gifts. I’m not putting a time frame on it because we are each unique.
We need to confirm, prepare and train new leaders. It’s why I put this discipleship course together and it’s why apostolic teams are so important. One of the purposes of apostolic teams is to not just equip the saints, but to develop new leaders, coordinate ministries, plant new churches and network with other leaders in the greater ekklesia. It’s what Paul was doing in the School of Tyrannus for 2 years in the city of Ephesus.
In the last lesson I used the example of a Homeschool network as an apostolic team model. Apostolic teams connect the organizational net, provide leadership training and bring a synergistic effect. Technology is transforming the way we can train, just think about what you are doing right now. We can access so many resources, it’s not really necessary to go to Bible school anymore, but it’s necessary to get connected and find your place. God is raising up apostolic teams in these last days and one of the results will be a greater unity within the body of Christ.
Yes be unique in what God has called you to do, but remember we must be diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit because there is only one body not two.
Allow for diversity without criticism. We may identify with a particular part of the body, but we should not allow it to divide us as it did the believers in Corinth. One of the signs that we are maturing in our faith and walking in the Spirit is our love for one another. One of the results of the Ephesians 4:11 gifting working together is a greater unity in the Body of Christ. We can never be exclusive by thinking that what we are doing is better than all the rest. Each local expression of Christ body, denomination or network of churches needs to do what the Holy Spirit has called them to do. However, they need to preserve the 'unity of the Spirit'.
The Ephesians 4:11 leadership gifts are about multiplying our efforts because we are not to be competing against each other, but cooperating with each other for the furtherance of the one mission.
Unlike our own particular group, we may not agree upon everything, but there is a common bond in Christ. We must encourage, support and work together for the sake of the gospel. Paul told us to stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. Love is having a mutual respect for one another and honoring one another for the work each has been called to accomplish. There are different ministries and different expressions of the ekklesia, but we need to all work together in fulfilling the one Great Commission until he comes. The ultimate goal of the synergistic effect of the Ephesians 4:11 gifts is to bring the body of Christ to being conformed into the image of Christ.
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