2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# Instead
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Paul is changing his argument from what an elder is not to be to what an elder is to be.
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# a friend of what is good
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
"a person who loves what is good"
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# hold tightly to
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
Paul speaks of devotion to the Christian faith as if it were grasping the faith with one's hands. AT: "be devoted to" or "know well" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
# good teaching
2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00
He must teach what is true about God and other spiritual matters.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godly]]
See in Reader
