[B-Greek] Eph 4:11-12

Iver Larsen ialarsen at multitechweb.com
Wed Dec 29 08:23:31 EST 2004


> Is it possible that men...de indicates something of the idea of 
> succession or replacement?

No.

> "on the one hand... on the other"; could this also carry 
> the notion or the sense of  "once...now".  

No.

> I ask because, in the early 
> Church, Apostles and prophets (as official titles)  were on the decline 
> when Ephesians was written and Pastors and teachers on the rise.  

A rather speculative assumption, based on a disputed date of writing.

> So- is it 
> eisegetical to see the verse rendered something like "once apostles and 
> prophets... but now pastors and teachers"  etc?

Yes, it is. And clearly wrong.

Iver Larsen



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