1 Timothy 5:18

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D EDWARDS wrote:


>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?

>


RICHARD IN OREGON:      

Leviticus 19:13 says that workers must be paid their wages the same day.

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