 | Johnson Grant - 1814 - 598 页
...person of the same order: " Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints that are in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons" (Phil. i. l). Here the three orders are distinctly mentioned: Paul and Timothy, of the first; the bishops,... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 546 页
...iwas thus in Ephesus, so it was in Philippi . Tor we lind the apostle addressing his epistie ' to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. ' Prom the passage before us it is like» i: • plain, that the presbyters of F.phesus had not only... | |
 | Gamaliel Smith Olds - 1815 - 216 页
...epistle to th* Philippi ans . " p au l and Timo _ theus, the servants of JESUS CHRIST, to all the eamta in CHRIST JESUS which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons." As deacons are no order Of the gospel ministry, the only part of that ministry in this city were the... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1816 - 418 页
...apostle in his epistle to the Philippians ; ' Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons,' &,c. Philippi is a single city of Macedonia ; and certainly in one city there could not be several... | |
 | John Reed - 1817 - 224 页
...of the Apostle Paul to the Philippians. " Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, •with the Bishops and Deacons." Here, as in the authority above cited, we find the inspired writer speaking of a number of Bishops... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 页
...there was such an office as that of bishop. St. Paul addresses his Epistle to the Philippians, " to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons;" and as the word bishops is in the plural number, and presbyters are not mentioned, it is thought, by... | |
 | 1819 - 488 页
...office of a bishop, he desireth a good work*. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons'1. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the Apostles... | |
 | Godfrey Faussett - 1820 - 398 页
...among " them, taking the oversight thereof0." The Epistle to the Philippians is addressed, " to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are " at Philippi, with the Bishops and Dea** cons P." St. Paul tells the Corinthians, that " God hath set some in the Church, " first Apostles,... | |
 | George Weller - 1821 - 370 页
...verses from the Epistle to the Philippians. e' Paul and Timotheus. the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons." (v. 1.) "I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour,... | |
 | William Hey - 1822 - 654 页
...terms are clearly synony- / mous. The same Apostle addresses his Epistle to the Philippians, " To all the saints in Christ Jesus, which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. Can we suppose, that there were many bishops, and no presbyters at Philippi ; or that St. Paul would... | |
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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2. 
