Since the majority of us do not serve as elders, we might initially think that this passage would have little application to our own life.
بِمَا أَنَّ مُعْظَمَنَا لَيْسُوا شُيُوخًا ،‏ فَقَدْ نَظُنُّ لِلْوَهْلَةِ ٱلْأُولَى أَنَّ هٰذَا ٱلْمَقْطَعَ قَلَّمَا يَعْنِينَا .‏