Ephesians 4:11

Webster's Bible (1833)

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds{The word for "shepherds" (poimenas) can also be correctly translated "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 God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
  • Eph 4:8 : 8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."
  • Rom 10:14-15 : 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? 15 And how will 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 season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and{TR, NU omit "the Lord and"} God which he purchased with his own blood.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
  • Rom 12:7 : 7 or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
  • Rev 21:14 : 14 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 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her."

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    12for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

    13until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown 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.

    28God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

    29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?

  • Eph 4:7-10
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    7But to each one of us was the grace 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 to men."

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

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

  • Rom 12:4-7
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    4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,

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

    6Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

    7or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

  • 2 Tim 1:11
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    11For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

  • 1 Pet 4:10-11
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    10According as each has received a gift, be ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the grace of God in its various forms.

    11If any man speaks, let it be as it were oracles of God. If any man serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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

    5There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

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

    9to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;

    10and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

    11But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

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    11Command and teach these things.

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    20being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

    21in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;

  • 1 Tim 2:7
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    7to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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

  • Eph 1:22
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    22He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

  • 1 Tim 4:13-14
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    13Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

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

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    15but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

    16from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

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

    4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

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

    4He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.

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    13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

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    25of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

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    4God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

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    35and laid them at the apostles' feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

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    14Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim 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, to the end that you may be established;

  • Eph 3:5
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    5which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

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    12So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

  • 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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    5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

  • 1 Cor 4:15
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    15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Gospel.

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