And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come into the unity of the faith,... The Apologies of Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and Minutius Felix in Defence of ... - Page 213by William Reeves - 1709Full view - About this book
| Huguenots - 1885 - 258 pages
...we live, and consequently we always need to wash our feet. — John xiii. 10. Let us follow holiness till we all come into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, &c. — Eph. iv. 13. It is on account of this... | |
| Criticism - 1885 - 996 pages
...be trusted to preserve the church and the truth in the conflicts and trials that are yet to come ; " till we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness... | |
| Daniel Lyons - Church - 1891 - 306 pages
...teachers ; . . . for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (the Church) : till we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God. " " Thus the object of our Divine Lord in instituting the ministry... | |
| George Spring Merriam - Christianity - 1897 - 316 pages
...apostles, some as prophets, some for humbler service, — for " the building up of the body of Christ," " till we all come into 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 fullness... | |
| Evangelical Alliance. International Conference - Evangelical Alliance - 1897 - 546 pages
...several times, that grand figure of "the body of Christ"; there, at the thirteenth verse, we have, "Till we all come into 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... | |
| John Ward - Southcottians - 1899 - 372 pages
...'empty and bare,' that in him might dwell at last the fulness of God, as it is written in Ephes. iv. 13, 'Till we all come into 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... | |
| John Jabez Lanier - Salvation - 1903 - 224 pages
...perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying (building up) the body of Christ ; till we all come into 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... | |
| Bible - 1905 - 562 pages
...fill all things.) And he gave some as 1 Cor. xii. 28. apostles; some as prophets; some as evangel13 till we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of GOD, unto a perfect man,—unto the measure of the stature 12 ists; some... | |
| William E. Blackstone - End of the world - 1908 - 264 pages
...our living head, working together for the "increase of the body" and edification "in love" (4:1517) "till we all come into 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... | |
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