view that ἐπισκόποις and διακόνοις are titles in 1:1, and we should continue to interpret the twofold expression as “two co-ordinated offices” (H. Beyer, TDNT 2.89, cf. 616; “officers” [CEV]; Silva 40–41). Note, finally, how such titles are first applied to Christ (L. Coenen, NIDNTT 1. 191; ἐπίσκοπος [1 Pet 2:25], διάκονος [Rom 15:8; cf. Mark 10:45]). χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη Paul’s characteristic greetings in all his letters (χάρις and εἰρήνη are nom. abs. [Porter 85; Wallace 51]). Some think