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NASB | Ephesians 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:11 And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct], |
Bible Question: what are the different gifts you can have? |
Bible Answer: There are a couple of different ways of interpreting your question. Here's but one answer. All men of God have a talent that we can use better than our other talents. Paul referred to these talents (and therefore the usage of the men) when he wrote to the Ephesians (in pertinent part): Now to each one of us undeserved kindness was given according to how the Christ measured out the free gift..... 11 And he gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelizers, some as shepherds and teachers, 12 with a view to the readjustment of the holy ones, for ministerial work, for the building up of the body of the Christ, |