Ephesians 4:13 (YLT)

Passage

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:11 and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,

Ephesians 4:12 unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ,

Ephesians 4:13 till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

Ephesians 4:14 that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,

Ephesians 4:15 and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "till", "come", "unity", "recognition", "perfect", "measure", and "stature". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "till", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "unto the perfecting of the saints for..." into verse 14's "that we may no more be babes...", so "faith" and "till" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "till" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.