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1 Timothy 5:20

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5:20Those guilty of sin36 must be rebuked37 before all,38 as a warning to the rest.39

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Footnotes

  1. 36 As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.
  2. 37 Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.
  3. 38 “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders.
  4. 39 Grk “that the rest may have fear.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who sin should be reprimanded in front of the whole church; this will serve as a strong warning to others.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.

KJV 1900King James Version

Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.