people and train them in all areas. Discussing the goal of ministry, Harold W. Hoehner says, “Here the preposition εις introduces the goal of these gifted people, namely, to prepare other saints for the work of the ministry.”24 Pastor-teachers must equip the saints to do the work of the ministry. Certainly “the work of the ministry” must include teaching, and because ministry is the goal, teaching must be included in the equipping of the saints. Paul used very general terms so that the teaching and