Charles Spurgeon 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 unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ

It does not mean that God gives stingily, but that he gives according to our capacity to receive. We are not all made with the same measure of capacity, because we are not all intended to do the same office; and God gives every one of us as much grace as we are prepared to receive. The Lord enlarge our hearts that we may hold more of his grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

We have not all the same form of grace, and we cannot all perform the same service for the Saviour; we differ very much from each other as to our abilities, and as to the positions which we can occupy; and our Lord intended it to be so.

But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ (Ephesians 4:7).

That is, to every one of us who are members of his mystical body. The living members of the living body receive according to each one's function and place in the body a measure of grace for the benefit of the whole.