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To: Havoc
"Did he? Others have very well explained this before. There is nothing incumbent in the keys that every other apostle doesn't also demonstrate in their ministries. If it was given only to Peter, then why is it that All the others have the Keys?

I'd very much like if you could provide me with the other examples of those who have explained this before. I must have missed it if this issue has been adressed. Thanks.

No, the other Apostles were given the power to "bind and loose" - nowhere in the Bible that I am aware of were all the Apostles given the Keys. "Bind and loose" and the "keys" are two separate things in the Bible.

31,902 posted on 03/05/2002 9:23:04 AM PST by american colleen
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To: american colleen
No, the other Apostles were given the power to "bind and loose" - nowhere in the Bible that I am aware of were all the Apostles given the Keys. "Bind and loose" and the "keys" are two separate things in the Bible.

What are the keys?

31,904 posted on 03/05/2002 9:41:20 AM PST by vmatt
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To: american colleen
No, the other Apostles were given the power to "bind and loose" - nowhere in the Bible that I am aware of were all the Apostles given the Keys. "Bind and loose" and the "keys" are two separate things in the Bible.

Matthew 16:19 "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

You need to look at the Greek. Caps begin the thought. Note the Cap at the beginning of the verse, note it's absence in the second "and", the third "and" is lower case as well. This is a continuing thought, not a differentiation. That is why a colon is used in the translation - to show that one idea is stated and then fleshed out. The keys are the binding and loosing. And they are not exclusive. What was that verse that was quoted by Jesus about making us all "judges". Some understand. Some merely try to keep up appearances.

31,906 posted on 03/05/2002 9:43:40 AM PST by Havoc
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