The Office of Elder
The Office of Elder
I. Consider the names of the pastoral office. ACT 20:17, 28; TIT 1:5, 7; EPH 4:11; 1CO 4:1-2.
A. elder: An elder person, lit. or fig.; a parent; an ancestor, forefather; a person superior in
age, senior.
B. presbuteros (Strong's G4245): Also means a term or rank or office. Among the Christians,
those who presided over the churches. (TDNT)
C. A pastor is senior by virtue of office rather than age.
D. An elder may be a young man. 1TI 4:12.
II. Consider the following definitions:
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