“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:”
Until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ — the telos ('goal'): eis ēnotas ('into unity') of pistis ('faith') and epignōsis ('knowledge') of the Son of God, achieving teleiotes ('maturity,' completeness), the metron pleromatos Christou ('measure of the fullness of Christ'), the church's full corporate identity.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 4:13
“Till we all attain,” he proceeds, “unto the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a full-grown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” By “stature” here he means perfect “knowledge”; for as a man will stand firmly, whereas children are carried about and waver in mind, so is it also with believers. That is, until we shall be shown to have all one faith: for this is unity of faith, when we all are one, when we shall all…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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