 | Edward Curtis Kemp - 1837 - 448 Seiten
...church at Philippi, begins his Epistle thus : ' Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons." Here mention is made of bishops, but nothing is said of elders,—there is no allusion whatever to... | |
 | 1837 - 324 Seiten
...priests were obedient to the faith. PHIL. 1:1. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. 1 TIM. 3:8. The deacons must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy... | |
 | 708 Seiten
...Philippi there were bishops and deacons. " Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons," Philip. i. 1. We conclude, therefore, that Scripture plainly teaches us what the character of the apostolic... | |
 | Henry Bannerman, Henry Grew - 1838 - 238 Seiten
...of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.' Acts vi. 1, 3. ' Paul, to all the saints in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.' Phil. i. 1. We here learn that the official duty of a deacon, is to take care of the poor of the church.... | |
 | 1839 - 650 Seiten
...Deacons in addition to elders. (Phil. i. 1), "Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons," And the Apostle Paul in his first Epistle to Timothy (chap. iii. 1 — 7), describes what ought to... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1838 - 266 Seiten
...apostle in his Epistle to the Philippians ; ' Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons,' &c. Philippi is a single city of Macedonia : and certainly in one city there could not be several bishops... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1839 - 616 Seiten
...to us your love in the Spirit. Phil. i. 1. Paul and Timotheus the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. 1 Tim. iii. 1 — 7. This is a true saying. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1839 - 672 Seiten
...we strictly conform to apostolic usage. St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, is addressed "to all the Saints in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons." It has often, and very much been urged, as a proof that there were but two orders of ministers in PhiJippi... | |
 | Alexander W. McLeod - 1899 - 110 Seiten
...priest, and deacon ?" No : his language is, " Paul and Timotheus the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacom ; Grace, &c," (1.1.) He mentions but two orders, and speaks of the bishop in the plural, and... | |
 | James Catton - 1840 - 164 Seiten
...is in Christ Jesus." And the same apostle addresses them in his epistle to the Philippians, "to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons," (diakonois). The origin of this office is given in the sixth chapter of the Acts. It was instituted... | |
| |
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2. 
