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Originally Posted by YP0534
The brothers are begged to know and love the ones who labor and the lead and admonish them. They are directed to be in peace among themselves. Then, the brothers are also exhorted to admonish others themselves, while also comforting, sustaining and being patient.
If this is a matter of the so-called "deputy authority" why is Paul merely "begging" that the saints recognize and appreciate the leading ones that admonish them while "exhorting" them to render similar aid to the others? Perhaps Paul, as the "deputy authority," was being political and nice to "beg" when this was a matter that touched the important issue of "authority?"
I think we can see why this does not give much strength to the teachings about "deputy authority" - if there was such a thing, Paul here doesn't even use it himself while supposedly directing people to obey it.
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Of all the Bible translations available only the Darby Translation used the word "beg" in 1Thes 5:12. Others, including the RcV, had used the following words:
- ask
- request
- beseech
- honor
- respect
- urge
- pray
Your assumption of "begging" is not sufficient to negate the "deputy authority" as indicated in the Word of God.