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He gave these offices
The one to whom Christ gave the gifts can be stated clearly. AT: "Christ gave these offices to the church" or "He gave people with these responsibilities to the church (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
to equip his holy people
"to prepare the people he has set apart" or "to provide the believers"
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/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
building up
"improvement"
body of Christ
The "body of Christ" refers to all of the individual members of Christ's Church.
reach the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God
The believers need to know Jesus as the Son of God if they are to be united in faith and mature as believers.
reach the unity of faith
"become equally strong in faith" or "become united together in faith"
Son of God
This is an important title for Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples)
become mature
"become mature believers"
mature
"fully developed" or "grown up" or "complete"