1 Timothy 5:22 BSB — MannaFest

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

BSB

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ASV

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

KJV

Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lay hands suddenly on no man - Do not hastily appoint any person to the sacred ministry: let the person be well proved before he receives the imposition of hands. Some understand this of laying hands on the sick. Neither be partaker of other men’s sins - It is a sin for any improper person to thrust himself into the sacred office; and he partakes of that sin who introduces, helps him forward, or sanctions him in it. O, what an account will rash, undiscerning, and prejudiced bishops, presbyters, and others, have to render to God for their ordinations!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Lay hands suddenly on no man - That is, appoint no man to church offices without full trial and examination; else thou wilt be accessary to, and accountable for, his misbehaviour in his office. Keep thy self pure - From the blood of all men.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A caution against the rash ordination of ministers, or absolution of those who have been under church-censures: Lay hands suddenly on no man. Those who are rash, either in the one case or the other, will make themselves partakers in other men's sins. We must keep ourselves pure, if we will be pure; the grace of God makes and keeps us pure, but it is by our own endeavours.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3055: “Accomplices in Sin” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1907)

WE have all abundant reason to look at home and see about our own sins. Nothing can be more absurd than for a man to take his hoe and weed everybody else's garden—and leave all the thorns and thistles to flourish on his own plot.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
χεῖρας	cheiras	Hands	G5495 →
ταχέως	tacheōs	soon	G5030 →
μηδενὶ	mēdeni	on no one	G3367 →
ἐπιτίθει	epitithei	do lay	G2007 →
μηδὲ	mēde	nor	G3366 →
κοινώνει	koinōnei	do share	G2841 →
ἁμαρτίαις	hamartiais	in [the] sins	G266 →
ἀλλοτρίαις,	allotriais	of others,	G245 →
σεαυτὸν	seauton	yourself	G4771 →
ἁγνὸν	hagnon	pure	G53 →
τήρει.	tērei	do keep.	G5083 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:6
  For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 4:9–11
  Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
Through
Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
leads to
- Romans 13:12
  The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- 1 Timothy 5:20
  But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6
  Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
- 2 John 1:10–11
  If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- Romans 16:17
  Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Through
1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:4
  he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Timothy

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Timothy