1 Timothy 5:19-21

5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. ¹  5:20 Those guilty of sin ²  must be rebuked ³  before all, ⁴  as a warning to the rest. ⁵  5:21 Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind. ⁶ 

[5:19]  ¹ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6, 19:15.

[5:20]  ² sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.

[5:20]  ³ tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[5:20]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”

[5:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “doing nothing according to partiality.”