Ephesians 4:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he gave some, 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 has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
  • Eph 4:8 : 8 Therefore he says, 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 of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
  • 2 Chr 15:3 : 3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And the next day we who were of Paul's company departed, and came to Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
  • Rom 12:7 : 7 Or ministry, let us attend to our ministering: or he who teaches, on teaching;
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food.
  • Rev 21:14 : 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-3 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.

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  • Eph 4:12-13
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    12For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:

    13Till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:

  • 1 Cor 12:27-29
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    27Now you are the body of Christ and members individually.

    28And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

    29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

  • Eph 4:7-10
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    7But to each one of us grace is given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

    8Therefore he says, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

    9(Now that he ascended, what does it mean but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

    10He who descended is the same also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

  • Rom 12:4-7
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    4For as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function:

    5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.

    6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

    7Or ministry, let us attend to our ministering: or he who teaches, on teaching;

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

  • 1 Pet 4:10-11
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    10As every person has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

    11If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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

    5And there are different administrations, but the same Lord.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-11
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    8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

    9To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

    10To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

    11But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

  • 1 Tim 4:11
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    11These things command and teach.

  • Eph 2:20-21
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    20And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone;

    21In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord:

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • Mark 3:14
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    14And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,

  • Eph 1:22
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    22And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

  • 1 Tim 4:13-14
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    13Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

    14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

  • Eph 4:15-16
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    15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:

    16From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

  • Eph 4:3-4
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    3Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

    4There is one body, and one Spirit, just as you are called in one hope of your calling;

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    3But he who prophesies speaks to men for edification, exhortation, and comfort.

    4He who speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

  • Col 1:25
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    25Of which I was made a minister, according to the stewardship of God given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;

  • Heb 2:4
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    4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

  • Acts 4:35
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    35And laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

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    14Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;

  • Eph 3:5
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    5Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

  • 1 Cor 14:12
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    12Even so you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edification of the church.

  • Jer 3:15
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    15And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

  • Titus 1:5
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    5For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

  • 1 Cor 4:15
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    15For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

  • 1 Cor 3:10
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    10According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it.