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.

EDWARDS

Thanks, Richard.  I've seen this passage and perhaps one or two others that
have a couple of words in common with 1 Tim 5:18, but I've found nothing in
the OT that is a word-for-word match, as Luke 10:7 is.  I don't read greek
(yet - that's my next undertaking), but the verses are apparently an
identical match in greek.

For the benefit of anyone who might go searching for this proverb, I've
already searched through the OT apocrypha.

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