NIV: to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
NAS: for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
KJV: For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
GWT: Their purpose is to prepare God's people to serve and to build up the body of Christ.
ASV: for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
BBE: For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
DBY: for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
DRB: For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
WBS: For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
WEB: for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
YLT: unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,
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