The Ascended One Gives Gifts

After encouraging the Ephesians to have unity and describing the area for unity, Paul begins a discussion of what God has done to help Christians achieve and maintain this unity by describing the one who gives the gifts, namely Christ, the Ascended One (Ephesians 4:7-10). It should be noted that the first gift given is grace, and that, to “each one of us.” The “us” are those who have become a Christian, including Paul. The grace given was “according to the measure of Christ’s gift