ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

 Tuʻapulelulu ‘Epeleli 29, 2021

call no man your father on earth

‘oua na‘a ui ha toko taha ‘i māmani ko ho‘omou tamai 

Matiu 22 (Matthew 22)

(v. 8-10) 8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.

(v. 8-10) 8 Ka ko kimoutolu ‘oua na‘a ui ko Lāpai: he ‘oku taha pē ho‘omou Faiako, ka ko kimoutolu ko e ngaahi tokoua kotoa pē. 9 Pea ‘oua na‘a ui ha toko taha ‘i māmani ko ho‘omou tamai: he ‘oku taha pē ho‘omou Tamai, ko e Tamai Fakalangi. 10 Kae‘uma‘ā ‘oua na‘a ui kimoutolu ko e kau takimu‘a: he ‘oku taha homou Takimu‘a, ko Kalaisi.

 

*Commentary: The Reformation Study Bible*

23:8-10 In forbidding the use of the titles "rabbi," teacher" (v. 8), "father" (v.9), and instructors" (lit. "leaders," v. 10), Jesus does not prohibit organization or the use of all titles in the church (cf. Acts 20:17; 1 Cor. 9:1; 1 Tim. 3:1, 2, 8, 12; Titus 1:5-7). His warning is against the temptation to claim for oneself authority and honor that belong uniquely to God and His Christ.