1 Timothy 5:21
I charge you solemnly, before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels, to carry out these directions, unswayed by prejudice, never acting with partiality.
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20but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.
22Never ordain anyone hastily, and take no part in the wrongdoing of others. Keep your life pure.
Cross References
Psalms 119:34instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
Malachi 2:9‘So I have I made you contemptible and degraded before all the people, because you have not kept my ways, and have had no respect for me in imparting the law.’
Matthew 25:41Then he will say to those on his left “Go from my presence, accursed, into the permanent fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.
Luke 20:21These spies asked Jesus a question. They said, ‘Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:18-25
Directions Concerning Elders; Concerning Church Discipline. ( a. d. 64.) 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… Read the whole commentary →