1 Timothy 5:20-21

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 

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

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

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.

⁴ tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”

⁵ tn Grk “doing nothing according to partiality.”