Elders

On the first proposal of this text, that the elders that rule well are worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine, a rational man, who is unprejudiced, and never heard of the controversy about ruling elders, can hardly avoid an apprehension that there are _two sorts of elders_, some that labor in the word and doctrine, and some who do not. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

"Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially --," 1 Tim.v. 17: whether we take _double honor_ here for reverence or maintenance, or both; yet how can we esteem the _elders ruling well worthy of double honor_ without some submission to their rule? ❋ Unknown (N/A)

For authoritative teaching and ruling, is teaching and ruling by virtue of office: and this office whereunto they do belong is that of elders, as is undeniably attested, Acts xx. 17, &c. All that belongs unto the care, inspection, oversight, rule, fend instruction of the church, is committed unto the _elders_ of it expressly. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Thus good church elders are commended in this notion, that they are _elders ruling well_, 1 Tim.v. 17; therefore, that elders in the church should rule, and rule well, is by this commendation of divine right. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

He marked the day by announcing the formation of a brain trust composed of what he calls elders that include Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, who will work on solving the worlds most difficult problems. ❋ Unknown (2007)

DOBSON: Yes, there was not a commitment to change that Ted Haggard has apparently entered into and, also, Bill Clinton did not have, to my knowledge, a group of what we call elders or people who were mature, who have led in that ... ❋ Unknown (2006)

But we were both baffled by what they called the elders, or as one might now put it ‘the old gang,’ and by what we could see quite plainly—the white tabs or white feathers on the lapels of the political officers. ❋ WINSTON CHURCHILL (2003)

There was even a term our elders used for the two of them: Aadi dampatulu, the primeval couple. ❋ Vamsee Juluri (2011)

If I called the elders right this very minute, I could stop worrying about money and start my countdown to a life of idyllic mountain streams and resurrected grandparents. ❋ Kyria Abrahams (2009)

Respect for elders is nonnegotiable, whether the elders in question are your parents, our parents or strangers. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Everyone aside from maybe elders is seeking the new and advanced item. ❋ Unknown (2007)

An Oregon Health & Science University study shows motion and door sensors placed in elders 'homes can help track activity patterns thought to relate to memory changes that are early signs of dementia. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Killing babies and euthanizing elders is progressive? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Phillips credited Hennacy and other social reformers he referred to as his elders with having provided a philosophical framework around which he later constructed songs and stories he intended as a template his audiences could employ to understand their own political and working lives. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If my kids were to meet you, I would not allow them to address you as ‘Redleg’ – such great disrespect for elders is rampant today! ❋ Unknown (2005)

We bring the elders from the communities to the site to help monitor the movement of wildlife through the property. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In this place (as it is well noted by some [66]) the word elders is a genus, a general attribute, agreeing both to them that rule well, and also to those that labor in the word and doctrine: the one sort only rule; the other sort both rule and preach; but both sorts are elders. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

i [waz] en a beef yestrday and our elders [bact] it. now is [squashed] ❋ Chemical Ali (2006)

Me: hey man, my girlfriends complaining because i havent [shaved] [my sack] for a while. It's gettin intense. Friend: Ah, got the elder eh? Me: Yeah man she [left me]. ❋ Scro-ton (2010)

This was [done] by [the elder] [Geoffroy] St-Hilaire. ❋ Kaosmoker (2018)

Two young men knocked on my door. Their names were Elder Young and Elder Berry. My daughter thought they were [Foxy] [Mormons], but, since the Elders were Young, I thought they were [OxyMorons]. ❋ Elder Berry (2009)

ur boy is such an [elder], he got my cat from [up that] tree when it [got stuck] ❋ Lion777 (2003)

"It took me 3 tries to solve [wordle] [233], it was [elder]." ❋ Sir Wordle (2022)

Gina- "I have to go shopping for a new pair of shoes for service Saturday, but tomorrow is Black Friday and I don't know if it would be appropriate for a Christian sister to partake in such a worldly celebration. What do you think, [Suzanne]?" Suzanne - "I think you should ask the Elders about that. You could ask Brother McDrooly, he is always so knowledgeable. But I would avoid Brother [Peterphile], he [popped a boner] and actually came while I described giving a blowjob when I confessed during my judicial hearing last summer." Gina - "Thanks, Suzanne. I am always praying thanks to Jehovah for the wonderful Elders we have here at the Kingdom Hall." ❋ Nelson Birdwell (2010)

Elderness: Giving an 'elder' [you smart] phone asking them to [take a picture] for you. It seems innocent enough until you turn the camera to (selfie mode) face them and press record. While they attempt to take a photo, they are being recorded the whole time. It's [priceless]. Then notify them. 'Oh! It was being recorded the whole time! OOPS!!' This way they know it was all on video. Then show them how its done, so they won't be ELDERNESSED again! ❋ Elderness God (2013)

AHH LOOK AT [ELDER] [PAIGE] HE IS SOO [HOTT]! ❋ Jade (2005)

"[Check out] [that dude], he's a [total] elder" ❋ Alexlovesbutts (2006)