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1Ti 5:17. Διπλῆς, double) On account of their being older, and on account of their office. The eldership involves of itself veneration on account of age. Even Peter opposes the elders to the younger men (νεωτέροις), and yet he speaks as concerning an office, 1Pe 5:5; 1Pe 5:1, etc. Double, i.e. large, Rev 18:6.-μάλιστα, especially) Some then were able to rule, and to rule well, although they were not employed in word and doctrine, viz. in sacred studies, and in the instruction of others. But those who had been so employed (κοπιῶντες), were less at leisure for working, and for acquiring fortune, and were worthy of compensation.