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Originally Posted by aron
when, and to what degree, did he ever get Jesus' teachings like "the last shall be first, and the first, last", and "the greatest among you shall be the least"? And would(or should) these teachings have influenced his decision to copy synagogue practice, if that's indeed what he did, and appoint overseers of the church?
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Both two very excellent questions.
As to the first, I'd say perhaps not as much as we have.
As to the second, I'd say they should.
Both of these are just my opinion, however.
Paul's humility in being a servant and a slave and "less than the least of all saints" at least bears witness to his being in accord with that manner of life on some level.
Presumably Paul didn't consider appointment of elders as even slightly inconsistent with vying with each other in showing honor (Rom. 12:1-10).
At least, that is what we must conclude based upon the Biblical record.
It's times like these I feel we are a terrible disadvantage in not being able to state with certainty the chronology of the events after Pentecost.
And, yet again, there must be some reason that such record was not sovereignly preserved.