Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For if no prince will send a mechanic from his loom or his shears in an honourable embassage to some other foreign prince, shall we think that the Lord will send forth stupid and unprepared instruments about so great a work as the perfecting of the saints and perpetual dishonour of that wicked king Jeroboam, who made no other use of any religion but as a secondary bye thing, to be the supplement of policy, that "he made of the lowest of the people" those who were really such as the apostles were falsely esteemed to be, the "scum and offscouring of men," to be the priests unto the Lord. (Bishop Reynolds.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; |
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