HWMRW4D3 II. The intrinsic building up of the organic Body of Christ

A. The Greek word for perfecting in verse 12 also means “completing,”  “equipping,” “supplying the functions”; the way to be perfected is to grow  in life and to become skillful in function.  B. The gifted persons perfect the saints by nourishing them according to  the tree of life with the life supply for their growth in life—Gen. 2:9; 1  Cor. 3:2, 6.  C. The gifted persons perfect the saints (according to their measure) to do what they do for the direct building up of the Body of Christ—Matt. 16:18;  Eph. 4:11-12; cf. 1 Tim. 1:16; 4:12 WLEE