NASB
"for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;"
— Ephesians 4:12, NASB
“For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”
“for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: ”
“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”
“to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,”
“For the perfecting of the saints, for the word of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”
“For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:”
“For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”
(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,