Bible in Basic English
"And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;"
— Ephesians 4:11, Bible in Basic English
“And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; ”
For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?
He who went down is the same who went up far over all the heavens so that he might make all things complete.)
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;