So why aren't you a Quacker, they believe in submission to the point of slavery too.
No where in that scripture does it advocate a professional clergy to "rule over us". It does not speak to "pastoral authority over us". It only says that there are different functions of those that are in the Church... period! It is man in his lust for control of others that demands people submit to him. My Lord is Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is my head, and I am part of His body. He is my husband, I am part of His Bride. I have the indwelling Holy Spirit who leads me and teaches me to say "NO" to ungodliness, thus I have no need for anyone to teach me as the scriptures says.
1 John 2:26I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.
Now that I have answered that, show me where the scriptures say that God has appointed any man to a professional clergy that is to rule over me in the name of Jesus Christ, that is supposed to be tithed to and paid out of those tithes. I'll tell you there is no scripture in the NC that points to this. There are times when people give to help those that are called to preach... but who do they preach to, here's a hint... NOT THE CHURCH, but to those who have not heard! The whole idea of a paid, professional clergy that is supposed to rule over us is PAGAN IN ORIGIN, or (at the very least) Judaistic... The NC Church is not supposed to function like that. In fact, Jesus abolished "man controlled religion" when He came to this earth. I now have direct access to the Father... needing NO MAN to stand between the Lord and myself. If you have read the book "Pagan Christianity", you would know that. These men who claim pastoral authority over you are leading you astray. They want your money and hands to build their little kingdoms so they can compete with other congregations who seek to do the same. Each individual one claiming they have it right and everybody else is wrong. They are like a cancer in the body, turning it on itself and eventually, it will die. Jeus even said "a house divided against itself can not stand"! Can the eye say to the heart "I have no need of you?" Of course not! The body of Christ... His Bride, is supposed to be one entity, working together to manifest Jesus Christ to the world around it! As it is now, because of men who want to fulfill their lust for control of others, the Church is anemic and a laughing stock to the world around it.