Katartismos denotes the equipping of the saints in relation to ministry and the building up of Christ’s body.

The attested use places katartismos in the equipping of the saints, directed toward ministry and the building up of the body of Christ.

1. Equipping for ministry and building up · dominant

   In Ephesians 4:12, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in a clause that directs the saints toward ministry and the building up of the body of Christ; the APB renders the clause “For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ.”

   Ephesians 4:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ephesians 4:12, the APB presents the clause as “the equipping of the saints” in connection with ministry and building up the body of Christ. It does not independently isolate the term’s precise English equivalent.