In modern parlance, the word church may be considered a place or an event attended. In Paul’s parlance, it was that and much more. He spoke of the church as the body of Christ, a body of people who were to live around each other and in the world in a certain way. They were to walk worthy as he put it. Jesus picked and interspersed among the members of the church a cadre of people (apostles, prophets, pastors, and teachers) and appointed them with a job. Note that in the following three verses.
Do you see it? This scattering of leaders was equipping the body of Christ toward good deeds.
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