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1 Timothy 5:17-25

Duty to elders

17 ¶ Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour,  especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith,  Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is]  worthy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before  two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may  fear. 21 I charge [thee] before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect  angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another,  doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be  partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure. 23 Drink no longer water, but  use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. 24 Some  men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some [men] they  follow after. 25 Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest beforehand;  and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

17 Οἱ καλῶς προεστῶτες πρεσβύτεροι διπλῆς τιμῆς ἀξιούσθωσαν, μάλιστα οἱ κοπιῶντες ἐν λόγῳ καὶ διδασκαλίᾳ· 18 λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή· Βοῦν ἀλοῶντα οὐ φιμώσεις, καί· Ἄξιος ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ. 19 κατὰ πρεσβυτέρου κατηγορίαν μὴ παραδέχου, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ δύο ἢ τριῶν μαρτύρων· 20 τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας ἐνώπιον πάντων ἔλεγχε, ἵνα καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ φόβον ἔχωσιν. 21 διαμαρτύρομαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν ἀγγέλων, ἵνα ταῦτα φυλάξῃς χωρὶς προκρίματος, μηδὲν ποιῶν κατὰ πρόσκλισιν. 22 χεῖρας ταχέως μηδενὶ ἐπιτίθει, μηδὲ κοινώνει ἁμαρτίαις ἀλλοτρίαις· σεαυτὸν ἁγνὸν τήρει.
23 μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας.
24 Τινῶν ἀνθρώπων αἱ ἁμαρτίαι πρόδηλοί εἰσιν, προάγουσαι εἰς κρίσιν, τισὶν δὲ καὶ ἐπακολουθοῦσιν· 25 ὡσαύτως καὶ τὰ ἔργα τὰ καλὰ πρόδηλα, καὶ τὰ ἄλλως ἔχοντα κρυβῆναι οὐ δύνανται.

Michael W. Holmes, The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (Lexham Press, 2010), 1 Ti 5:17–25.

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