The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 87 : The Gifted Men are to Train Others  (4:12)

Three preposition phrases: GENERALLY CLEAR BUT DIFFICULT IN THEIR RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER  –  “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF THERE’S THREE PHRASES OR TWO?”  –  THE RISE OF THE DIVISION BETWEEN CLERGY AND LAITY  –  WE CANNOT RELY UPON THE PUNCTUATION IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FOR OUR DETERMINATION  –  ‘THE LEADERS TO DO THE MINISTERING’ (THE THREE PHRASES ARE PARALLEL)  –  ‘THE LEADERS ARE TO TRAIN THE LAITY SO ALL BELIEVERS DO THE MINISTERING’ (THE THREE PHRASES ARE PROGRESSIVE)  –  THE USE OF TWO DIFFERENT PREPOSITIONS  –  GOOD SUMMARY STATEMENT  –  WHAT ARE WE TO TAKE AWAY FROM PAUL’S TEACHING?