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# to equip God's holy people

"to prepare the people he has set apart" or "to provide the believers with what they need"

# for the work of service

"so they can serve others"

# for the building up of the body of Christ

Paul is speaking of people who grow spiritually as if they were doing exercises to increase the strength of their physical bodies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# building up

"improvement" or "strengthening"

# body of Christ

The "body of Christ" refers to all of the individual members of Christ's Church.
Mismatches from text updates 2018-04-24 19:28:08 +00:00			`# to equip God's holy people`
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			`"to prepare the people he has set apart" or "to provide the believers with what they need"`

			`# for the work of service`

			`"so they can serve others"`

			`# for the building up of the body of Christ`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Paul is speaking of people who grow spiritually as if they were doing exercises to increase the strength of their physical bodies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
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			`# building up`

Update 'eph/04/12.md' Snippet/note update: ULB Issue 544. 2020-09-25 20:33:47 +00:00			`"improvement" or "strengthening"`
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			`# body of Christ`

			`The "body of Christ" refers to all of the individual members of Christ's Church.`