Honoring Worthy Elders and Dealing With Sinners

17 The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching. 18 For the scripture says, “You must not muzzle an ox while it[a] is threshing,”[b] and “The worker is worthy of his wages.”[c] 19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 20 Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:18 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“threshing”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 1 Timothy 5:18 A quotation from Deut 25:4
  3. 1 Timothy 5:18 A quotation from Luke 10:7

17 Let axioō the ho elders presbyteros who have been serving proistēmi well kalōs be considered worthy of axioō double diplous honor timē, namely malista, those ho who are laboring hard kopiaō at en preaching logos and kai teaching didaskalia. 18 For gar Scripture graphē says legō, · ho Do phimoō not ou muzzle phimoō an ox bous that is treading out aloaō the grain,” and kai, “ Worthy axios is the ho worker ergatēs of ho his autos wage misthos.” 19 Do paradechomai not accept paradechomai an accusation katēgoria against kata an elder presbyteros, except ektos ei on epi the evidence of two dyo or ē three treis witnesses martys. 20 Confront elenchō those ho who persist in sinning hamartanō before enōpion everyone pas, so that hina · kai the ho rest loipos may stand in echō fear phobos.

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