This week we focused on the unity we have in Jesus.

Paul often describes the church as a body with many parts moving in unison towards the goal of growing in Christ.

Read Ephesians 4:11-16 slowly and prayerfully.

11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. (ESV)


1. What people are given as gifts to the church (verse 11)?

2. Why are these people are given to the church (verses 12-14)?

3. How does the church grow up (verses 15-16)?

4. What one phrase from this passage will you think about throughout today?