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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: Would Jesus be considered a prophet? |
Bible Note: Hi Steve, I gotta put my 5cents worth in here now. My understanding of the ministries of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher is that they overlap to the teacher. The Apostle would/could stand in all offices, the Prophet would/could stand and operate in the offices of Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher, and so on. The only office being singular would be that of Teacher. (Just because someone can teach does not mean they are capable of pastoring, but a pastor certainly has the capacity to teach. And the pastor of the 100 member corner church is not called to evangelize a crowd of 50,000; but the evangelist is quite capable to pastor that same corner church, etc.) So it shouldn't matter whether John was "classified" as a prophet - he was an Apostle and had the ability and calling to act in any of the other offices as was deemed necessary at any given point in time. Or am I wrong? Cheri P.S. Before you ask, I don't know of any Apostles for 2007, nor for 1907, nor 1807. That doesn't mean that they are none, I just don't know them :-). |