ELDERS] An official title among the Jews and in the early Church. From the Gk. for 'elder' 'priest' is derived, and from the Gk. for 'overseer' 'bishop.' In NT. however elders are not distinguished from bishops, as they soon afterwards were: cp. Acts 20:17; Acts 20:28; Titus 1:5; Titus 1:7. A WITNES... [ Continue Reading ]
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO SHEPHERDS AND TO FLOCK. PROMISE OF GOD'S PROTECTION. FAREWELLS _B_. 1 Peter 5:1. 'To behave well in this trial you must preserve discipline. Let old and young, rulers and ruled, do their duty in love and humility, as men who have an eternal hope and a supreme invisible Lord.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FEED] RV 'tend': cp. John 21:16; (RV).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEING LORDS OVER] RV 'lording it over': cp. Luke 22:25. _God's_ HERITAGE] RV 'the charge allotted to you.' From the Gk. word' 'clergy' is derived. BEING ENSAMPLES] RV 'making yourselves,' etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHIEF SHEPHERD] cp. 1 Peter 2:25; John 10:11. A CROWN] RV 'the crown,' i.e. the wreath with which victors in such a contest as these elders expect to endure, may hope to be crowned: cp. 1 Corinthians 9:25; 2 Timothy 2:5; 2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 2:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE YOUNGER.. THE ELDER] in the early Christian communities their actual age was a reason for the respect which the clergy received (1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 5:1; Philemon 1:9). BE SUBJECT ONE TO ANOTHER, AND BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY] RV 'gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another.' An unus... [ Continue Reading ]
SILVANUS] called Silas in Acts; the friend of St. Paul: see Acts 15:16; Acts 15:17; Acts 15:18; 2 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1. WHEREIN YE STAND] RV 'stand ye fast therein': cp. Galatians 5:1. 13. The _church that is_ at BABYLON] RV 'She that is in Babylon'; RM 'That is... [ Continue Reading ]
A KISS OF CHARITY] RV 'a kiss of love'; cp. Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:26. _E_. 1 Peter 5:14. Final blessing in which St. Peter uses the old Hebrew prayer for peace. This was the blessing he had heard his Lord use: cp. Matthew 10:12; Mark 5:34;... [ Continue Reading ]