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And we will fill ourselves with He led captivity captive,
intoxicating drink; And gave gifts to men.”
Tomorrow will be as today,
And much more abundant.” 9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean
but that He also first descended into the lower
Psalm 113:5–9 parts of the earth? He who descended is also
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5 Who is like the LORD our God, the One who ascended far above all the heav-
Who dwells on high, ens, that He might fill all things.)
6 Who humbles Himself to behold 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles,
The things that are in the heavens and some prophets, some evangelists, and some
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in the earth? pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the
saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying
7 He raises the poor out of the dust, of the body of Christ, till we all come to the
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And lifts the needy out of the ash heap, unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
8 That He may seat him with princes— Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure
With the princes of His people. of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we
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9 He grants the barren woman a home, should no longer be children, tossed to and fro
Like a joyful mother of children. and carried about with every wind of doctrine,
Praise the LORD! by the trickery of men, in the cunning crafti-
ness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the
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113:9 the barren woman. Sarah (Gen. 21:2),
Rebekah (Gen. 25:21), and Rachel (Gen. 30:23) 4:12 equipping.This refers to restoring some-
would be the most significant since the out- thing to its original condition, or its being
come of the Abrahamic Covenant depended made fit or complete. In this context, it refers
on these childless women being blessed by to leading Christians from sin to obedience.
God to be mothers. Scripture is the key to this process (2 Tim.
3:16,17; John 15:3). saints. All who believe in
Jesus Christ.the work of ministry.The spiritu-
al service required of every Christian, not just
Proverbs 26:20–21 of church leaders (1 Cor. 15:58). the edifying
of the body of Christ. The spiritual edifica-
20 Where there is no wood, the fire tion, nurturing, and development of the
goes out; church (Acts 20:32).
And where there is no talebearer,
strife ceases. 4:14 carried about with every wind of doc-
21 As charcoal is to burning coals, and trine. Spiritually immature believers who are
wood to fire, not grounded in the knowledge of Christ
So is a contentious man to through God’s Word are inclined to uncritical-
kindle strife. ly accept every sort of beguiling doctrinal
error and fallacious interpretation of Scripture
Ephesians 4:1–32 promulgated by deceitful,false teachers in the
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, be- church.They must learn discernment (1 Thess.
4 seech you to walk worthy of the calling with 5:21,22). The New Testament is replete with
which you were called, with all lowliness and warnings of such danger (Acts 20:30,31; Rom.
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16:17,18;Gal.1:6,7;1 Tim.4:1–7;2 Tim.2:15–18;
gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with 2 Pet. 2:1–3).
one another in love, endeavoring to keep the
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unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There
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is one body and one Spirit, just as you were truth in love, may grow up in all things into
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called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, Him who is the head—Christ— from whom
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one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of the whole body, joined and knit together by
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all, who is above all, and through all, and in what every joint supplies, according to the
you all. effective working by which every part does its
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But to each one of us grace was given share, causes growth of the body for the edi-
according to the measure of Christ’s gift. fying of itself in love.
Therefore He says: 17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the
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“When He ascended on high, Lord, that you should no longer walk as the
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