^{7 Ref} and to each one of you was given the grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ,

^{8 Ref} wherefore, he saith, `Having gone up on high he led captive captivity, and gave gifts to men,' --

^{9 Ref} and that, he went up, what is it except that he also went down first to the lower parts of the earth?

^{10 Ref} he who went down is the same also who went up far above all the heavens, that He may fill all things --

^{11 Ref} and He gave some `as' apostles, and some `as' prophets, and some `as' proclaimers of good news, and some `as' shepherds and teachers,

^{12 Ref} unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

^{13 Ref} till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,