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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], |
Subject: Are there any true prophets/prophetss' t |
Bible Note: Hello michael, I'm not sure what in the "five-fold ministry" in 4:11-12 would claim prophets are still relevent? The basic concern I- and anyone should have- is extra-biblical revelation trumping the written Word of God. Where do you draw the line? Is the Word our final arbiter and authority or is it not? If the office of prophet is stll active, that tells me God has not really spoken all and His Word is not complete! I think the case for any so-called "prophet" is tenuous at best! Here is what the late NT Greek scholar Kenneth Weust said of this passage: "Paul identifies the gifts spoken of in verse 7. They are gifted men, given to the Church. There is an intensive pronoun in the Greek text. “He Himself gave,” and no other. He gave some saints as apostles. The word speaks in a primary sense of the twelve apostles, and in a secondary sense, of those who proclaim the Word of God today. “Prophets” refers, not to those who foretell the future, but to preachers and expounders of the Word." [Kenneth S. Wuest, Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |