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1 Timothy 5:17

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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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  1. 1 Timothy 5:15

    For some are already turned aside after Satan.

  2. 1 Timothy 5:16

    If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

  3. 1 Timothy 5:18

    For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

  4. 1 Timothy 5:19

    Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.