Notes on Teaching

  • All Christians are encouraged to grow to the point of teaching - Hebrews 5:12; II Timothy 2:2, 24
  • Not all Christians will be able to teach or should teach - James 3:1; I Corinthians 12:29; Romans 12:7
  • Age is not a restriction on who may teach. Young Timothy taught older members. - I Timothy 4:12-13
  • Older women are to teach the younger women in their roles - Titus 2:3-4
  • Women are forbidden from teaching men - I Timothy 2:12
  • Within the church there is a formal duty of teacher - Acts 13:1; I Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11; II Timothy 1:11; I Corinthians 14:26
  • The office of elder requires the ability to teach - I Timothy 3:1-2; Titus 1:9
  • An elder may also fill the duty of teacher - I Timothy 5:17
  • A duty of preachers is to teach - I Timothy 4:11,13,16; 6:2
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