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minister

Spanish translation: ministrar a

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English term or phrase:minister
Spanish translation:ministrar a
Entered by: DLyons

13:57 Mar 4, 2012
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: minister
But before we can take up either question I need to justify the assumption that every member is to minister to the body of Christ. Why do I think that?.

Another context example:
he talks about how the church is gifted by Christ with certain ministering people who equip the saints to minister to the body.
Carolina Andrades
Chile
ministrar a
Explanation:
"ministrar" is probably mainly a LAm usage.

Ministring people are probably ayudantes - or maybe more periphrastically ocuparse de alguien
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 21:17
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3servir
Rafael Serrano
3 +3ministrar a
DLyons
4 +1ejercer el ministerio de
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4administrar
Teresita Fierro Espasandín
4ministrar, capacitar,discipular, ensenar, entrenar, edificar
giovannacw
Summary of reference entries provided
Fuentes e ideas
Charles Davis

  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
minister to
ministrar a


Explanation:
"ministrar" is probably mainly a LAm usage.

Ministring people are probably ayudantes - or maybe more periphrastically ocuparse de alguien

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 21:17
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eski: Works for me. Saludos, eski :))
3 hrs
  -> Thanks eski!
agree  Marjory Hord: Me parece comun y se puede ver esto> http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=spanish...
14 hrs
  -> Gracias Marjory.
agree  giovannacw
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Gracias giovannacw.
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ejercer el ministerio de


Explanation:
suerte.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 14:17
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 114

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  giovannacw
1 day 8 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
administrar


Explanation:
"...que todo(s)(los)miembro(s) puede(n) administrar el cuerpo de Cristo."
Puede estar refiriéndose a la Iglesia "cuerpo de Cristo":Cristo es la cabeza, y los miembros de la Iglesia su cuerpo.
También se me ocurre que según el contexto que se haya dado podría querer significar: todo miembro puede consagrar el cuerpo de Cristo

Example sentence(s):
  • Ministros de Eucaristia. Administrar el Cuerpo y Sangre de Cristo durante la misa

    Reference: http://www.olrbrooklyn.org/
Teresita Fierro Espasandín
Uruguay
Local time: 17:17
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
servir


Explanation:
... todo miembro de la iglesia debe servir al cuerpo de Cristo.

Rafael Serrano
Local time: 15:17
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 172

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jose M Lozano Gotor
1 hr
  -> Gracias.
agree  giovannacw
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Gracias.
agree  evelyn beltrán
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Gracias.
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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ministrar, capacitar,discipular, ensenar, entrenar, edificar


Explanation:
All of these verbs are related with ministering God's word to the Body of Christ. It also includes the different kinds of gifts given by Jesus so that this task can be done but all these through the Holy Spirit.

Hope it helps as well.

giovannacw
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PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference: Fuentes e ideas

Reference information:
Este texto, impregnado de teología paulina ("he talks" se refiere a San Pablo), expresa la idea esencialmente protestante del sacerdocio de todos los creyentes: "every member is to minister to the body of Christ" sugiere que todos los miembros de la Iglesia deben ejercer el "ministerio", tanto los laicos como los "ministros ordenados". "The body of Christ", desde luego, se refiere a la Iglesia: "Ahora bien, ustedes son el cuerpo de Cristo, y cada uno es miembro de ese cuerpo" (1 Corintios 12:27, Nueva Versión Internacional [en adelante NVI]).
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacerdocio_de_todos_los_creyent...

La expresión "minister to the body" y más adelante "equip the saints to minister to the body" se refiere a Efesios 4:11-12, al parecer en la "English Standard Version":

"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" (English Standard Version).

En algunas traducciones inglesas, se emplean palabras distintas: se use "perfect" en vez de "equip" en la versión de King James y otras, y "perfeccionar" corresponde más exactamente a la palabra original (καταρτισμος). Por "saints" se dice a veces "His people" o "the Holy ones", y en la tradición protestante se entiende que se refiere a todos los fieles, los elegidos, no solo a los que la Iglesia Católica llama "santos". En algunas versiones se usa "serve" o "service" en lugar de "ministry", "ministering" o "ministering".

Clarke: "For the perfecting of the saints - For the complete instruction, purification, and union of all who have believed in Christ Jesus, both Jews and Gentiles."
Gill: "For the perfecting of the saints, The chosen ones, whom God has sanctified or set apart for himself in eternal election"
http://bible.cc/ephesians/4-12.htm

"11 Él mismo constituyó a unos, apóstoles; a otros, profetas; a otros, evangelistas; y a otros, pastores y maestros, 12 a fin de capacitar al pueblo de Dios para la obra de servicio, para edificar el cuerpo de Cristo." (Nueva Versión Internacional)

"11 Y él mismo constituyó a unos, apóstoles; a otros, profetas; a otros, evangelistas; a otros, pastores y maestros, 12 a fin de perfeccionar a los santos para la obra del ministerio, para la edificación del cuerpo de Cristo." (Reina-Valera 1995).
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Efesios 4&versio...

Vicent: "For the work of the ministry (εἰς ἔργον διακονίας) [...]
The prevailing sense of διακονία ministry, in the New Testament, is spiritual service of an official character. See Acts 1:25; Acts 6:4; Acts 20:24; Romans 11:13; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:5."
http://bible.cc/ephesians/4-12.htm

Charles Davis
Spain
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 87
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