Text -- 1 Timothy 5:20 (NET)

5:20 Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ti 5:20

¹ sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.

² tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

³ 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 tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”