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| Chapter VI.—Have respect to the bishop as to Christ Himself.
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Chapter VI.—Have respect to the
bishop as to Christ Himself.
Now the more any one sees the bishop keeping
silence,527
| 527 That is,
“showing forbearance.” | the more ought he to
revere him. For we ought to receive every one whom the Master of the
house sends to be over His household,528
as we would do Him that sent him. It is manifest, therefore, that we
should look upon the bishop even as we would upon the
Lord
Himself. And indeed Onesimus himself greatly commends your good order in
God, that ye all live according to the truth, and that no sect529
has any dwelling-place among you. Nor, indeed, do ye hearken to
any one rather than to Jesus Christ speaking in truth.
The more, therefore, you see the bishop silent, the
more do you reverence him. For we ought to receive every one whom the
Master of the house sends to be over His household,530
as we would do Him that sent him. It is manifest, therefore,
that we should look upon the bishop even as we would look upon the Lord
Himself, standing, as he does, before the Lord. For “it behoves the
man who looks carefully about him, and is active in his business, to
stand before kings, and not to stand before slothful men.”531
And indeed Onesimus himself greatly
commends your good order in God, that ye all live according to the truth,
and that no sect has any dwelling-place among you. Nor indeed do ye
hearken to any one rather than to Jesus Christ, the true Shepherd and
Teacher. And ye are, as Paul wrote to you, “one body and one
spirit, because ye have also been called in one hope of the faith.532
Since also “there is one Lord, one faith,
one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all,
and in all.”533
Such, then, are ye,
having been taught by such instructors, Paul the Christ-bearer, and
Timothy the most faithful.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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