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1 Timothy 5:19 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. "
1 Timothy 5:19
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Let ➔ the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt ➔ not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
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.
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1 Timothy 5:1
"Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;"
1 Timothy 5:2
"The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity."
1 Timothy 5:3
"Honour widows that are widows indeed."
1 Timothy 5:4
"But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God."
1 Timothy 5:5
"Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day."
1 Timothy 5:6
"But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth."
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