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Originally Posted by YP0534
Oh, I see.
So now I have even LESS Biblical text upon which to understand the "office of elder."
Is that your point?
Great.... :rollingeyes2:
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Its a consequence of my point. The specific point I was making isn't a specific point. The point of examining 1 Timothy was, in part, to address the larger issue that some of our theology regarding elders might be unanalyzed assumptions. Having a clear text (like 1 Tim 5) to show in more objective (e.g. linguistic) terms that our assumptions might be wrong, helps perhaps to loosen the strong-hold of presumptions as we try to look at this topic afresh.
But yeah, that is a consequence of that point. Sorry about that...