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Well, it's good to see that you are at least admitting here that the Bible plainly teaches (as you clearly show in your post) that the Church founded by Jesus Christ should have bishops, and that God has given those bishops the responsibility of taking care of the true Church founded by Jesus Christ.
(That precisely illustrates one of the very serious problems with the erroneous philosophy that teaches that Christians should just be lone wolves and pikers, floating around here, there, and everywhere, without any bishops to take care of their "church".)
Here's a simple request, CynicalBear. Can you please tell us the name of your bishop?
Your premise is built on error. Jesus did not set up a hierarchy. The Catholic Church has totally corrupted the meaning of what an "elder" in the assmebly is. Besides, the leadership in the Catholic Church isn't even qualified to be in leadership per Paul. So no, I didn't admit anything.