Some people can be described as being spiritual gifts

Some people can be described as being spiritual gifts


Summary:

Spiritual gifts can be described as being given to those who are in Christ, such that everyone in Christ HAS spiritual gifts. 

Now some people can also be described as BEING spiritual gifts. These would be:
"APOSTLES"
"PROPHETS"
"EVANGELISTS"
"SHEPHERDS"
"TEACHERS"

People who can be described as BEING spiritual gifts can both be described to HAVE a gift and BE a gift. 

There might be evidence that not everyone would be described as BEING a spiritual gift, even though everyone in Christ HAS spiritual gifts. 

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Everyone in Christ HAS spiritual gifts:

Spiritual gifts can be described as being given to those who are in Christ, such that everyone in Christ HAS spiritual gifts.

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Some people can be described as BEING spiritual gifts:

Some people can be described as BEING spiritual gifts. These would be:
"APOSTLES"
"PROPHETS"
"EVANGELISTS"
"SHEPHERDS"
"TEACHERS"


Ephesians 4:

Paul wrote about "Christ" (Ephesians 4:7) that "HE-GAVE GIFTS" (Ephesians 4:8) as "HE GAVE some APOSTLES, and some PROPHETS, and some EVANGELISTS, and some SHEPHERDS and TEACHERS" (Ephesians 4:11). 

Here the "GIFTS" (Ephesians 4:8) that HE GAVE are described as some people: "APOSTLES", "PROPHETS", "EVANGELISTS", "SHEPHERDS", "TEACHERS" (Ephesians 4:11). These people ARE the spiritual "GIFTS" (Ephesians 4:8) that He gave to the church. 

1 Corinthians 12:

Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 12 that some people ARE spiritual gifts, while some other people HAVE spiritual gifts, as he wrote: "God placed some in the church (as) first, APOSTLES; second, PROPHETS; third, TEACHERS; then miracles; then GIFTS (OF) HEALINGS" (1 Corinthians 12:28), adding: "All (ARE) not APOSTLES, (ARE they)? All (ARE) not PROPHETS, (ARE they)? All (ARE) not TEACHERS, (ARE they)?" (1 Corinthians 12:29), "All do not HAVE GIFTS (OF) HEALINGS, (do they)?" (1 Corinthians 12:30).

Here the "APOSTLES", "PROPHETS" and "TEACHERS" ARE spiritual "GIFTS" (1 Corinthians 12:31) themselves, in contrast to "GIFTS (OF) HEALINGS" (1 Corinthians 12:30) which someone can "HAVE" (1 Corinthians 12:30).



Both HAVING a gift and BEING a gift?

People who can be described as BEING spiritual gifts can both be described to HAVE a gift and BE a gift. 

Romans 1 & 11:

Paul wrote that he RECEIVED an APOSTLESHIP, as he wrote: "WE-RECEIVED grace and APOSTLESHIP" (Romans 1:5). Paul here may be described as HAVING an APOSTLESHIP. 

Yet several chapters later Paul also indicated how he also IS an APOSTLE, writing: "I AM (an) APOSTLE" (Romans 11:13). 

Ephesians 4:

Paul wrote about "GIFTS" (Ephesians 4:8) that Christ gave, describing people: "APOSTLES", "PROPHETS", "EVANGELISTS", "SHEPHERDS", "TEACHERS" (Ephesians 4:11). 

All those spiritual gifts may also be described as MINISTRIES, which are under the spiritual gift of "MINISTRY" (Ephesians 4:12) that someone can HAVE, as Paul wrote about "HAVING this MINISTRY" (2 Corinthians 4:1).

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Not everyone has the spiritual gift of "MINISTRY". 

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If not everyone has the spiritual gift of "MINISTRY", it would also follow that not everyone would be described as BEING a spiritual gift, even though everyone in Christ HAS spiritual gifts. 

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This could fit the pattern found in Numbers, in which only some people among the brethen were described as being given as a gift to do the MINISTRY, as it is written: "And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you THEY ARE GIVEN AS A GIFT for the Lord, to do the MINISTRY of the tabernacle of the congregation" (Numbers 18:6).


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