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Don

Don

2008-07-17

My take is Timothy knew what Paul meant, but we are not Timothy.  Timothy was the spiritual son of Paul, which meant they had a LARGE shared context, when such happens today one can communicate in a shorthand way.

My working hypothesis is Paul used Paul-Timothy shortcuts and Ephesian terms in faithful ways, but this challenges us today.  It is arrogance to claim we know more than we do.

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