...appears to be essential to the character of an Elder. St. Paul tells Timothy and Titus, that Elders must be apt to teach, able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers ; and we never once in the Scriptures find the epithets ruling and preaching...

...pattern of our Saviour's piety; so, since Divinity has also exercised the office of preaching, should we, as preachers, aim at as close a correspondence as...inspiration — " A bishop, says Paul, must be apt to teach — must use sound speech which cannot be condemned ; — in short, must study to approve himself unto...

...pattern of our Saviour's piety; so, since Divinity has also exercised the office of preaching, should we, as preachers, aim at as close a correspondence as...inspiration—" A bishop, says Paul, must be apt to teach—must use sound speech which cannot be condemned ;—in short, must study to approve himself...

...to "give himself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word." For this reason " a bishop must be apt to teach," " able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." The duties of this * Clement, of Rome, in his first epistle to the Corinthians,...

...to "give himself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word." For this reason, " a bishop must be apt to teach," " able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." Says Crowell, " The duties of this office are therefore to teach religion,...

...of good behavior, good report, good family government, and patient, and humble, and liberal spirit; apt to teach; able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers; diligent to preach the word ; instant in season and out of season to reprove, rebuke, exhort, with...

...to " give himself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word." For this reason " a bishop must be apt to teach," "able by sound, doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsay ers." The duties of this office are therefore to teach religion, and to look after the spiritual...

...Paul a presbyter, or episroptts (these terms in the apostolical epistles denoting the same order), " must be apt to teach," "able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convince the gainsayers ; " the elders that ruled well, as well as taught, ' ' were to be counted worthy of double honour,"...

...in it, that our bishops and presbyters should be as the apostle would have them to be, ltlxr.T1xo!, apt to teach ; able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convince the gainsayers? Nay, and out of the latter part itself, where God had appointed that " the priests the Levites, and...

...to " give himself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word." For this reason " a bishop must be apt to teach," " able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers." The duties of this office are therefore to teach religion, and to look after the spiritual welfare...