[B-Greek] EPHESIANS 4:11 - four groups or five?

Blue Meeksbay bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 24 10:19:04 EDT 2010


EPHESIANS 4:11 KAI AUTOS EDWKEN TOUS MEN APOSTOLOUS, TOUS DE PROFHTAS, TOUS DE 
EUAGGELISTAS, TOUS DE POIMENAS KAI DIDASKALOUS
 
I really couldn’t find much on this in the archives, but are there any new 
thoughts on whether the writer of Ephesians is referring to five groups of 
individuals as opposed to four groups of individuals?
 
I certainly concede that the phrase TOUS DE POIMENAS KAI DIDASKALOUS is being 
set apart from the rest, but this appears to just indicate that these two groups 
of individuals are being considered distinct by the writer, (in some way), but 
not that he is delineating a single group of individuals called Pastor Teachers. 

 
If that was the thought he was trying to communicate, would it not have been 
easier to leave out the conjunction and simply put DIDASKALOUS in apposition to 
POIMENAS?
 
Sincerely,
Blue Harris


      


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