<p>4:15 <i>But speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head- Christ</i>- As noted on :14, having true doctrine is related to &ldquo;speaking the truth&rdquo;, &ldquo;dealing truly&rdquo; (Eph. 4:13-15 RVmg.) with each other- as if the sensitive, heartfelt preaching of truth should result in our own truthfulness. English does not have a verb &ldquo;to truth,&rdquo; but Paul uses such a verb when he urges the Ephesians that &ldquo;&lsquo;truthing&rsquo; in love&rdquo; they should grow in Christ in all things. We might understand this as &ldquo;speaking the truth in love,&rdquo; but more probably we should see truth as a quality of action as well as of speech. Paul wants his converts to live the truth as well as to speak it. Real spiritual growth is only possible by a way of life that &lsquo;truths it&rsquo;.</p><p>The state of perfection which we shall finally reach, hopefully in church life now but supremely in the Kingdom, is described as us (the complete church of all ages) having reached, &quot;a perfect man... the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ&quot;, having grown up into Christ, who is the head of the body (Eph. 4:13,15). We are now 'growing up into Him', we are on a journey, and the end point of it is to be fully as the Lord Jesus. This is the end point- where we spend eternity is one issue, but the essence is that we shall be like Him. We are indeed the body of Christ, but we are counted as that, the status is imputed to us; and the Spirit is at work to develop us to actually become as Him.</p><p>When&nbsp;Christ comes, we will each individually be made ruler over <i>all</i> that He has (Mt. 24:47), we will each individually be fully righteous, fully manifesting the Lord Jesus. There seems to be marked connection with the fact (brought out in the parable of the talents) that we will each have <i>all</i> the Master's goods, and the description in the next parable of those goods being distributed between us in this life (Mt. 24:47; 25:15). In the Kingdom we will no longer know partially, as a result of seeing parts of the whole picture; we will see face to face (1 Cor. 13:9,12 Gk.). See on Lk. 19:13.</p>