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OET (OET-LV) And on_one_hand he gave the ambassadors, on_the_other_hand the prophets, on_the_other_hand the good_message_preachers, on_the_other_hand the shepherds and teachers,
OET (OET-RV) Then he gave some as missionaries, some as prophets, some as announcers of the good message, some as pastors and teachers
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ποιμένας
shepherds
The word translated as pastors here is the the same word that is translated as “shepherds” elsewhere in the ULT. It is the plural form of the word used by Jesus to refer to himself in John 10:10 where he says that he is the “good Shepherd.” The idea here is that in a similar way to how a shepherd feeds, protects, and watches over the well-being of his flock, so pastors feed (with spiritual food) and watch over and protect the spiritual well-being of those within their church. If it would help your readers, you could indicate explicitly the meaning of the word “pastors.” Alternate translation: “spiritual shepherds” or “shepherding Christian leaders”
4:11 In his letters, Paul has four different lists of God’s gifts (see also Rom 12:4-8; 1 Cor 12:8-10, 28), none of which is comprehensive. Here the focus is on the gifts of leadership most needed for the growth of the church.
• Apostles are divinely commissioned missionary evangelists.
• Prophets speak messages from God for his people.
• Evangelists proclaim the Good News.
• Pastors (literally shepherds) care for God’s people (see 1 Tim 3:1-7).
• Teachers expound Scripture and God’s truths to the church.
• Pastors and teachers might refer to separate ministries or to two aspects of the same ministry.
OET (OET-LV) And on_one_hand he gave the ambassadors, on_the_other_hand the prophets, on_the_other_hand the good_message_preachers, on_the_other_hand the shepherds and teachers,
OET (OET-RV) Then he gave some as missionaries, some as prophets, some as announcers of the good message, some as pastors and teachers
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.