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Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about...

• In 1 Timothy 5:17, Paul honors those elders who “rule well” and who “labor in preaching and teaching.” In Paul’s mind, elders teach and exercise authority in the church. That’s what they do; that’s why the office exists. So when Paul refers to teaching and having authority in 1 Timothy 2:12, he’s not talking about just any teaching or just any authority. He’s talking about the authoritative leadership and instruction of the church—the office and function of pastors/elders. I already feel the need
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