Apostol § 224ctr

Brethren, unto every one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.” (Now this, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He Himself gave some to be Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the Body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ...