1 Corintios 12:29

μὴ πάντες�; The common priesthood of every Christian (1 Pedro 2:5; 1 Pedro 2:9) no more precludes the existence of special offices of authority in the Christian Church than the common priesthood of the Jewish people (Éxodo 19:6) precluded the existence of a special order of men appointed to minister to God in holy things.

The Apostle appeals to it as a notorious fact that all were not apostles or prophets, but only those who were called to those offices. Accordingly there is scarcely any sect of Christians which has not set apart a body of men to minister in holy things and to expound the word of God. ‘Were all teachers,’ says Estius, ‘where were the learners?’ The question here, however, is rather of gifts than of the offices to which those gifts lead.