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NASB | 1 Timothy 5:20 Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 5:20 As for those [elders] who continue in sin, reprimand them in the presence of all [the congregation], so that the rest will be warned. |
Bible Question: Taken in the context it is written in, with the definition of an elder according to the Hebrew-Aramaic Greek Dictionary as: presbuteros; a cptv. of presbus (an old man); elder:--elder(3), elders(57), men of old(1), old men(1), older(1), older man(1), older ones(1), older women(1), women(1)and sin defined as : to miss the mark, do wrong, sin: - commit sin(1), committed...offense(1)committing(1), sin(11)sinned (17), sinning(4), sins(8)is it out of order completely to use this as Scriptural basis for correction? Granted not exactly how I would handle it but is it really out of order? |
Bible Answer: SinJin2 Maybe not out of order but hard to imagine being in love. First the word presbuteros says old it doesn't mean old in years necessarily but rather old in faith (mature Christian). I assume your still talking about the widow in the first part of this thread. any corrction should be attempted privately and only after that fails should public correction be considered. I would think Romans 1:29-30; 2 Cor. 12:20; James 4:11; 1 Peter 2:1 would have better food for correction in this situation. EdB |