1 Timothy 5:17-25 - Honoring Worthy Elders And Dealing With Sinners
17 Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching; 18 For the scripture saith - A threshing ox, shalt thou not muzzle, and - Worthy, is the workman, of his hire.
19 Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, the mouth of two, or three, witnesses; 20 But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear: - 21 I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality. 22 Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste: - 23 No longer, be a water-drinker, but, of a little wine, make use, because of thy stomach and thy, frequent, sicknesses. 24 Some men's sins, are, openly evident, leading on into judgment, with some, however, they even follow after; 25 In the same way, the noble works also, are openly evident, - and, they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.