Ephesians 4:11

American Standard Version (1901)

And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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  • Jer 3:15 : 15 and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, [divers] kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
  • Eph 4:8 : 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.
  • Rom 10:14-15 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
  • 2 Chr 15:3 : 3 Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And on the morrow we departed, and came unto Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
  • Rom 12:7 : 7 or ministry, [let us give ourselves] to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
  • Rev 21:14 : 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-3 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to [the will of] God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.

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    27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

    28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, [divers] kinds of tongues.

    29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?

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    7 But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

    8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

    9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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    4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:

    5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

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    11 whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

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    10 according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

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    4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

    5 And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

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    8 For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:

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    20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;

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    7 whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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    14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

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    25 whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,

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    4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

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    35 and laid them at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.

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    14 Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

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    15 and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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    5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

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    5 But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

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    15 For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

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    10 According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon.

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