¹⁸ For the Scripture agrees, “Don’t muzzle the ox while it is treading out your grain,”^[a] and, “The worker deserves his wages.”^[b]

¹⁹ Listen, when or if a charge comes against an elder, don’t even acknowledge the accusation unless there are two or more witnesses. ²⁰ Bring any believers who persist in sinning before the community and publicly scold them so that all the rest will know to fear sin and its consequences.