Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
The “honor” of which he here speaks is attention to them and the supply of their necessities…. But what is double support? Double that of the widows, or of the deacons, or simply liberal support.
