1 Timothy 5:18

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EDWARDS

> I'm sure this has come up before, but what's the take on 1 Tim 5:18?  The

> writer refers to the phrase "The worker deserves his wages" as scripture,

> when this saying is recorded in the bible only in Luke 10:7.  The

> bibliolaters (well, the better read ones, anyway) like to cite this as

> evidence that GoL was in circulation and regarded as scriptural in Paul's

> lifetime.

> 

> I do not believe this.  I hold to the view of the pastorals being

> pseudo-Pauline; at the time of their writing, GoL could well have been in

> circulation and regarded as authoritative.  If 1 Timothy should happen to

be

> Pauline, then the addition of the phrase in question could represent a

> scribal addition introduced some decades after its composition.

> 

> Ideas?


IAN
Yes. When you post to this list, try putting your name in capitals above
each of your posts. If you split another's post, pu there name in capitals
over their post where yo split it. 

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