I’m (vv.7-8)
But to each one of us grace (charis) was given… – Ephesians 4:7 (NASU)
…he has given each one of us a special gift (charis)… – Ephesians 4:7 (NLT)
(Peter) As each one has received a special gift (charisma), employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace (charis) of God. – 1 Peter 4:10-11 (NASU)
Now there are varieties of gifts (charismata), but the same Spirit. – 1 Corinthians 12:4 (NASU)
This passage talks about not Church
This passage is talking about not Church
These were given when Jesus (v.8)
When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” – Ephesians 4:8 (ESV)
These gifts will be in operation till (v.13)
(Peter) But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. – Acts 2:16-18 (ESV)
Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge (gnosis), it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect () comes, the partial will pass away. – 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 (ESV)
Knowledge: gnosis – a seeking to know, investigation (Vine’s)
And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations (governments KJV), and various kinds of tongues. – 1 Corinthians 12:28 (NASB)
Apostles: Those to be for a
In His Earthly Ministry: Now it was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer with God. And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles (apostolos) – Luke 6:12-14 (NASB)
…having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone
– Ephesians 2:20 (NASB)
Apostles: Apostolos – one sent forth (FBD, Vine’s, ISBE, Smith’s)
from apostello (Strong’s)
Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent (apostello) them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. – Luke 10:1 (NASU)
Apostello: to send forth (Vine’s)
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, – Acts 14:14 (NASB)
But I did not see another one of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. – Galatians 1:19 (NASB)
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: …nor did we seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ. -1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2:6 (NASB)
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brothers, they are messengers (apostolos) of the churches, a glory to Christ. – 2 Corinthians 8:23 (NASB)
…our brethren, apostles of assemblies… – 2 Corinthians 8:23 (YLT)
Most commonly today:
Never but to walk
There is in their ministry
Because God gifted some from Ephesus to be “sent”:
This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
– Acts 19:10 (NASU)