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#TRUMP on the move Jon Sellers John Ruffle David M. Hinsen

John Kissinger [09/28/2015 11:51 AM]
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/nbc-wsj-poll-2016-gop-race-n433991

Jon Sellers [09/28/2015 10:01 PM]
Better than Obama’s confused policy.

Link Hudson [09/28/2015 10:31 PM]
Why is Carson doing so well? He seems like a great guy, but he seems kind of boring to listen to, and there are other evangelical conservatives who seem just as strong and have some relevant experience.

He’s the kind of guy you like to have over for dinner, and if your kids can’t sleep, ask him to read a bedtime story to them and they will be out like a light.

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Meaning of "equip" in Ephesians 4:12

4:11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the
shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of
ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain
to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to
mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of
Christ…

Is there support to interpret “equip” as both affecting the individual believer as well as the local church body? I’m considering the latter interpretation based on the following commentary on 2 Corinthians 13:11:

Katartizo conveys the sense here not of adding something that is
lacking, but of putting things in order, of adjusting things that are
out of adjustment as for example in describing fisherman mending their
nets. Paul was commanding the Corinthian saints to mend their ways, to
straighten themselves out, and restore harmony among themselves.
Spiritual wholeness comes when the church, both collectively and
individually, is in complete conformity to God’s Word. To equip the
saints to do so is the responsibility of the church’s leaders.