Whose Ministry? a Re-appraisal of Ephesians 4:12
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AbstractEph. 4:12 consists of three prepositional phrases that indicate why Christ gave the Church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Recent translations take the second of the three phrases as dependent on the first, so that together the two phrases refer to the single purpose of equipping the saints for the work of ministry. However, a careful examination of the prepositions used in verse 12, the grammatical structure of the verse, the key terms found here, the literary context, and the way the text was understood by Chrysostom suggests that the three phrases ought to be seen as parallel to one another, in which case they describe three distinct purposes for the giving of the individuals mentioned in verse 11.
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2009 ◽
Vol 72
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pp. 41-62
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2019 ◽
Vol 32
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pp. 361-392
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2015 ◽
Vol 9
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pp. 412-427
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