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# 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
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Paul is speaking of people who grow spiritually as if they were doing exercises to increase the strength of their physical bodies.
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# building up
"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.