Ephesians 4:11

If we compared the list of servants which “God has set … in the ekklesia” in 1 Cor. 12:28 and Ephesians 4:11,  we will find that the apostles and prophets take first and second places respectively in each of the texts. (Cf. Chs. 2:20; 3:5). They are the first in the list because they are…