1 tn Or “Do not speak harshly to an older man.”
2 tn No verb “speak” is stated in this clause, but it continues the sense of the preceding.
3 sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.
4 tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.
5 tn “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders.
6 tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”
