The Apostle Paul approved of arbitration of disputes between Christians by other believers
In addition to Jesus’ procedure from Matthew 18:15-19 for resolving an offense, Paul appears to approve of both arbitration and mediation by a wise, neutral believer. What is not approved is simply hiding the dispute hoping it will go away,
The theme of this installment is a question Paul asked the church in Corinth: While the process Jesus described in Matthew 18:15-20 (see previous series of installments) is the ideal procedure, the one most likely to produce reconciliation–which is the goal of all such procedures–the New Testament is not rigidly inflexible in demanding that only this procedure be used. As I will show below, Paul…
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