'Teachers' in the Bible
It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.
For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;
and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.