18 For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,[a](A) and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”(B)

19 Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.(C) 20 Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid.

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  1. 5:18 Dt 25:4

18 For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,”[a](A) and “The worker deserves his wages.”[b](B) 19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder(C) unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.(D) 20 But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove(E) before everyone, so that the others may take warning.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:18 Deut. 25:4
  2. 1 Timothy 5:18 Luke 10:7