1 Timotius 5:20-25

5:20 Those guilty of sin ¹  must be rebuked ²  before all, ³  as a warning to the rest. ⁴  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. ⁵  5:22 Do not lay hands on anyone ⁶  hastily and so identify with the sins of others. ⁷  Keep yourself pure. 5:23 (Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion ⁸  and your frequent illnesses.) ⁹  5:24 The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later. ¹⁰  5:25 Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden.

[5:20]  ¹ sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.

[5:20]  ² tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[5:20]  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.

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

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

[5:22]  ⁶ tn In context “laying hands on anyone” refers to ordination or official installation of someone as an elder.

[5:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “and do not share in the sins of others.”

[5:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “for the sake of your stomach.”

[5:23]  ⁹ sn This verse gives parenthetical advice to Timothy, to clarify what it means to keep pure (5:22c). Verse 24 resumes the instructions about elders.

[5:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they [the sins] follow after others.”