Charles Ellicott Commentary Ephesians 4:7

"But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ." — Ephesians 4:7 (ASV)

But to every one of us is given grace.—This verse should be rendered, To every one of us the grace (the one “grace of the Lord Jesus Christ”) was given—that is, given in the Divine purpose in the regeneration of the whole body, although it must be received and made our own, separately in each soul, and gradually in the course of life.

It was and is given according to the measure of the gift of Christ (see below, Ephesians 4:13–16). In Him, it dwells without measure ; He gives it to each according to the measure of their capacity to receive it in faith (called in Romans 12:3 the measure of faith).

Compare with this verse the fuller description of the differences of “gifts,” “ministries,” and “operations” in 1 Corinthians 12:4–6. In that passage, there is the same general reference to the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity, but the particular reference is to the Holy Spirit, while here it is to the Son.