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“PASTORS-TEACHERS” Ephesians
4:11 “And He gave
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4:11 “And He gave
some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;” Literally
“some to be pastors(to tend as shepherds) and teachers” 1.
Smith Greek Studies:
The absence of the Greek article before “teachers” indicates that
these were not two distinct orders, but designations of the same men. 2.
Expositor’s Greek
Testament: The Greek form of the expression might seem to imply that the
functions of “pastor and teacher” were united in the same person. 3.
Vincent Word Studies
in New Testament Greek: The omission of the article from teachers seems to
indicate that pastors and teachers are included under one class.
The two belong together. 4.
Robertson Greek Word
Pictures in the New Testament: Here Paul groups “shepherds and
teachers” together. 5.
Wuest Word Studies
in the Greek New Testament: The words “pastors and teachers” are in a
construction called Granvill Sharp’s rule which indicates that they
refer to one individual. The
one who shepherds God’s flock is also a teacher of the Word, having both
the gifts of shepherding and teaching the flock. Back
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