1 Timothy 5:1

Instructions about Specific Groups

5:1 Do not address an older man harshly ¹  but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, ² 

1 Timothy 5:20

5:20 Those guilty of sin ³  must be rebuked ⁴  before all, ⁵  as a warning to the rest. ⁶ 

[5:1]  ¹ tn Or “Do not speak harshly to an older man.”

[5:1]  ² tn No verb “speak” is stated in this clause, but it continues the sense of the preceding.

[5:20]  ³ sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.

[5:20]  ⁴ tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[5:20]  ⁵ tn “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders.

[5:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”