A moment in scripture
1 Timothy 5:22
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Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
- 1 Timothy 5:21
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
- 1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
- 1 Timothy 5:24
Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.