To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith...speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.

--Ephesians 4:12-16 NRSV