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 ¹¹ And he appointed [explicitly gave gifted offices with his authority to] some as apostles; and some as prophets; and some as evangelists; and some as pastors and teachers;

 ¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ;³ [The single purpose of the ministry is to perfect the believers: we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Col 1:28]

 ¹³ Until we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;⁴ [It is impossible for an unperfected minister to help in perfecting the saints, to a perfect man, in the fullness of Christ. Jesus told us that any unperfected minister was a blind guide, because he could not see to take the spec out of his brother's eye due to the log in his own eye, Luke 6:40 — and he told us to leave them. Mat 15:14 Any minister who denies perfection is a false prophet that denies the scriptures.]