You make friends with a thief when you see one, and you keep company with adulterers.
1 Timothy 5:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not be in a hurry in the laying on of hands [giving the sanction of the church too hastily in reinstating expelled offenders or in ordination in questionable cases], nor share or participate in another man's sins; keep yourself pure. American Standard Version (1901) Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure. Common English Bible Don’t rush to commission anyone to leadership, and don’t participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure. Catholic Public Domain Version You should not be quick to impose hands on anyone, nor should you take part in the sins of outsiders. Keep yourself chaste. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste. |
You make friends with a thief when you see one, and you keep company with adulterers.
Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles.”
Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,
They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
And let them first be tested; then, if they prove themselves blameless, let them serve as deacons.
Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,
He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.
For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands,
and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.
instruction about baptisms and laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.
So the leaders partook of their provisions and did not ask direction from the Lord.
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you do not take part in her sins and so that you do not share in her plagues,