Footnotes

1. 1 Timothy 5:20 sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.
2. 1 Timothy 5:20 tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.
3. 1 Timothy 5:20 tn “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders.
4. 1 Timothy 5:20 tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”
5. 1 Timothy 5:21 tn Grk “doing nothing according to partiality.”
6. 1 Timothy 5:22 tn In context “laying hands on anyone” refers to ordination or official installation of someone as an elder.
7. 1 Timothy 5:22 tn Grk “and do not share in the sins of others.”