words of God” (1 Pet. 4:11).3 Those in Ephesus who “labor in the word and in teaching,” Paul declares, are “worthy of double honor” (1 Tim. 5:17); the task of an elder—one who was also required to be “able to teach” (3:2)—was commended as “a good work” (3:1). By fulfilling the preaching duty allotted to him, Timothy is reminded that he would be “a good servant of Christ Jesus” (4:6). So as Colossians 1:28 declares, “We proclaim him, instructing all people and teaching all people with all wisdom,