1 Give thanks for the gifts and give praise to the Giver! One body, one Spirit, one hope in God's call; one Lord and one faith and one baptismal washing, one Father of all, over all and in all. 2 But all of the members receive by God's goodness equipment for service, the blessings of love; For Christ who came down is now raised and ascended, and freely apportions his gifts from above. 3 So some are apostles and some are his prophets; evangelists, pastors and teachers he gives to build up a body mature in its stature, in Christ new-created, in Christ the church lives. 4 No longer as children, we grow to completeness; convinced, we no longer uncertainly move: with Christ as the Head and his people one body we all work together, made strong in his love.