¹⁷ Obey ^(A)your leaders and submit to them, ^(B)for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to ^(C)give an account. ^(D)Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

¹⁹ Do not admit a charge against an elder except ^(A)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁰ As for those who persist in sin, ^(B)rebuke them in the presence of all, ^(C)so that the rest may stand in fear.