New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Discipline of the Church

• Ministers authorized to establish Mt. 16:19, 18:18
• Consists in
  • Maintaining sound doctrine 1 Tim. 1:3; Tit. 1:13
  • Ordering its affairs 1 Cor. 11:34; Tit. 1:5
  • Rebuking offenders 1 Tim. 5:20; 2 Tim. 4:2
  • Removing obstinate offenders 1 Cor. 5:3-5, 13; 1 Tim. 1:20
• Should be submitted to Heb. 13:17
• Is for edification 2 Cor. 10:8, 13:10
• Decency and order, the objects of 1 Cor. 14:40
• Exercise, in a spirit of charity 2 Cor. 2:6-8
• Prohibits women preaching 1 Cor. 14:34; 1 Tim. 2:12