What are some of the instructions that this text specifies about how a church should relate to its elders?

What are some ways that a church can honor its elders?

What does it mean for an elder to live a life that is worthy of the honor that is due that office?

How should a church handle accusations made against an elder? How can it ensure that its elders are not vulnerable to false charges? How can it ensure, at the same time, that if people are victimized, that they are heard, and believed, and cared for?

What does it look like for a church to provide healthy accountability and oversight over its elders?

What are some of the dangers of elevating someone to leadership too quickly? How can we guard against it?

What are some ways that we, as Christians, can be working to ensure that there is no distinction between our public life and our private life? How can we be pursuing righteousness and mortifying sin - as relentlessly in private as we do in public?

Resources
Reflection Questions