TEKNON - 1 Tim 3:4-5; Titus 1:6

Harold R. Holmyard III hholmyard at ont.com
Fri Feb 16 07:58:45 EST 2001


Dear Darrell,

You wrote:

 Is the text simply indicating that a bishop's
>posterity (which would include children being reared even if
>adopted, et al) must be held within the spear of obedience.

Sure, and this seems a matter of logic and common sense more than Greek
syntax. By the way, do you mean "sphere of obedience"? "Spear of obedience"
has a nice ring to it but reminds me of somebody poking somebody else in
the side with a spear.

				Yours,
				Harold Holmyard
				Dallas, TX





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