...of other precepts, touching elders, which are most clearly of a catholic and abiding application. " Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor," 1 Timothy v. 17. " Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses,"...

...sorts, Bishops and Deacons. He makes no allusion to the existence of any other. In 1 Tim. v. 17, Paul says, " Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in word and doctrine." From this many infer that there were elders who rule, but who do not labor in word...

...the Church. Let us see. Paul writing to Timothy, says, " Let the elders that rule well, be accounted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine." It appears from this, that the government of the church did not belong exclusively to the first order...

...the elders of the city ;' ie of the magistrates of the city. Thus in the New Testament, 1 Tim. 5. 17, 'Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor.' The kind of ruling imported by this term is not that of lordship, force, or despotic coercion, but...

...not — but they in particular sustained this hateful character. Again, he says, 1st Tirn. v. 17, " Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labored in the word and doctrine." It is plain that the apostle would have all the elders that ruled...

...edification, and not to destruction. Limits of Authority— Duties— Pennnal Obligations. 1 Tim. 5 : 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially thvy who labor in the word and doctrine. 2 Tim. 2 : 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among...

...things?" " Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they who preach the gospel, should live of the gospel." " Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, (ie, as the connection implies, compensation,) especially they who labor in the word and doctrine :...

...are to be found in their books. Take a specimen or two : — We read in 1 Tim. 5: 17, 18, as follows: "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of...especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. For the Scripture saith, Thou shall not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, the laborer...

...the seed is heir of. Feel that set over all, which hath the promise and blessing of God forever." " Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of...especially they who labor in the word and doctrine" "Every faithful servant, to whom our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ may have committed the gift of Eldership,...

...sake, as the apostle teaches in another of his epistles : "Let the elders that rule well be accounted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine." Every true minister of Christ, therefore, is entitled to reverence and respect from all his Christian...