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What To Look For In A Leader (Endnotes)

1.For more on the translation “necessary,” see R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians, to the Thessalonians, to Timothy, to Titus, and to Philemon (Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, MN, 1937), p. 579. Close

2. There is neither male nor female in Christ (Gal. 3:28), and both genders have ministries. Junia, for example, was an apostle; Jason Beduhn, Truth in Translation (University Press of America, New York, 2003) pp. 72 and 73 and our audio tape, “The Role of Women in the Church.” Close

3. Many commentators disagree with this conclusion, asserting the verse is stating that a divorced person is not eligible for leadership, and quoting early “Church fathers” to back that up. However, there are other Church fathers who agree with our conclusion. Later Church fathers were so obsessed with sexual purity that eventually marriage was forbidden for priests. Furthermore, 1 Corinthians 7 gives examples when a divorced person can remarry, and there is no stipulation such as, “you can remarry, but you will not be able to be a leader” (1 Cor. 7:15, 27 and 28). Close

4. Jerome Carcopino, Daily Life in Ancient Rome (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1968), pp. 164-166. Close

5. Ibid., p. 101. Close

6. Dora J. Hamblin and Mary J. Grunsfeld, The Appian Way (Random House, New York, 1974), p. 58. Close

7. For much more on the conditions of travel in Rome, see Lionel Casson, Travel in the Ancient World (Book Club Associates, London, 1974) Close