Cheryl Schatz

In an effort to finish Patrick’s comments before I go to bed, here goes on the next comment:

I should have also pointed out that the change in topic is something Cheryl’s view endorses. Given the traditional understanding that the whole pericope is dealing with ‘Public Worship Issues’, the small change of topic is neither here nor there, it’s still within the overall contextual framework.

It isn’t just the change of topic, but the unusual change from plural to singular, when the continuation of a topic would not warrant such a change. And of course there is the problem of the issue of salvation in verse 15 that would make a generic application out of the scope of the entire Bible.

By the way, Patrick, have we dialoged before? Your way of expressing yourself sounds very familiar to me.