Expositor's Bible Commentary 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)

The apostle has been considering the church as a totality. Now he focuses on the individual (“each one of us”). Within the body of Christ each member enjoys a share of God’s grace. As in 3:2, it is equipping rather than saving “grace” (GK 5921) that Paul describes. This word denotes the grace provided for and manifested in the gift. The distribution of grace, and so the distribution of gracegifts, is in Christ’s own hands and apportioned as he decides.