Kay

“The fact the passage is dealing with ‘older’ widows and younger ones, gives all the indication that ‘presbyteros’ should be translated older men/women.”
Mark,
Does this mean you are willing to contend that the church was instructed to demand celibacy in exchange for food?
It is so ironic to me that Paul, who
was so concerned to free converts from bondage of law, is treated as a law-giver for later generations.