1ti 5:17---"let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine."(king j version)...."let the older men who preside in a fine way be reckoned worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching."(nwt)
One elder and I had a very nasty argument over what that verse really said. Even when I read it to him, he couldn't grasp that it had that qualifier in it about giving double honor to those elders who "preside in a fine way". His position was that it says ALL elders should be given double honor.
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Overheard at the June 4 2006 Watchtower Study
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