So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers
NIV
And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.
AMP
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
KJV
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."
NIV
Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them.
AMP
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
KJV
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways
NIV
IN MANY separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the Truth] and in different ways God spoke of old to [our] forefathers in and by the prophets
AMP
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
KJV
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
NIV
BELOVED, DO not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world.
AMP
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
KJV
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
NIV
For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so--it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit.
AMP
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
KJV
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
NIV
But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the ProphetsAMP
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
KJV
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
NIV
NOW IN the church (assembly) at Antioch there were prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God) and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger [Black], Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
AMP
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
KJV
He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms."
NIV
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
KJV
