1 Timothy 5:17
“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 Timothy 5:17 Context
15For some are already turned aside after Satan. 16If any man or woman that beleeueth haue widowes, let them relieue them, and let not the Church be charged, that it may relieue them that are widowes indeed. 17Let the Elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18For the Scripture saith, Thou shalt not mousell the oxe that treadeth out the corne: and, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 19Against an Elder receiue not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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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.
- King James Version
The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
- New American Standard Version (1995)