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1 Timothy 5:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear. "

1 Timothy 5:20

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18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

19 Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses.

20 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

21 I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

22 Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

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"Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;"

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"the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity."

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"Honor widows who are widows indeed."

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"But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God."

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"But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives."

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