the senses in which ἐκκλησία is used by the apostles; some of these senses (e.g., reference to the so-called universal church) would actually be contradictory in this verse. However, it is easy, especially in the course of a sermon, to comment on the broad meanings of a word at the risk of obscuring its specific function in a given text. Third, one is rather likely to ignore what may look like small differences between the ways the word is used; that is, one may import into a particular passage