Notes Explanatory And Practical On the Epistles of Paul to the Thessalonians
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5. 7 ; to an apostle, 1 Pet. V. 1 ; and is such a word as would apply to any officers to whom the management and government of the church was intrusted. On the general subject of the rulers in the church, see Notes on 1 Cor. Xii. 28. It is probable that not precisely the same -organization was pursued in every place where a church was established ; and where there was a Jewish synagogue, the christian church would be formed substantially after that model, and in such a church there would be a b...ench of presiding elders. See, on this subject, Whate^ ly's "Kingdom of Christ delineat- ed, '' pp. 84—88. The language here seems to have been taken from such an organization. On the Jewish synagogue, see Notes on Matt. Iv. 23. ^ Be counted worthy of double honour. Of double respect ; that is, of a high degree of respect ; of a degree of respect becoming their age and office. Com p. 1 Thess. V. 12, 13. From the quotation which is made in ver. 18, in relation to this subject, it would seem probable that the apostle had some reference also to their support, or to what was ne- cessary for their maintenance.
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