1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 Timothy 5:18 muzzle an ox. See Deuteronomy 25:4, which requires an owner to allow an ox to eat of the grain he is grinding. One who works for something should be able to benefit from it. The laborer deserves his wages is a direct quotation from Luke 10:7 (compare Matthew 10:10). Thus, Paul may already be referring to the written records of the statements of Jesus (the Gospels) as Scripture. See 2 Timothy 3:16.

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