Mark

Craig,

Illustrations fall down. Let me explain. Your illustration is one way to make a scenario. But consider this…

I want all people will blonde hair to stand over to the left

Likewise i want all people with dark hair standing over to the right.

Likewise women you stand here at the front.

Now the people with dark hair you should be …

It is quite easily to manipulate one’s own illustration to prove a point. The question is how does ‘hosautos’ (likewise) function. As i said earlier, to stress it too far is not right unless you are trying to manipulate it to your agenda. Consider my example above. Clearly the likewise does not include every single person. It is simply a connective word, as seen in Paul’s epistle.

Take another example, this time from Paul himself.

Look at 1 Tim 2:9. The same word, hosautos is used there as in 1 Tim 3:8 and 11. But consider the context. 1 Tim 2:8 deals specifically with the men. Verse 9 then switches to deal specifically with the women. The two are joined by ‘likewise’. Now clearly Paul is not intending a generic understanding between the verse 8 and 9 since he specifically targets one verse to men and another to women. The ‘likewise’ simply acts as a connective. The context reveals this. The same is true in chapter 3.

That’s all i want to say on this really. It’s a force of the meaning to push it any further. Just consider for a moment the way you would use the same word in a sentence.