1 Timothy 5:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ Never accept any accusation against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Listen to no accusation [presented before a judge] against an elder unless it is confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. [Deut. 19:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Don’t accept an accusation made against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Do not be willing to accept an accusation against a priest, except under two or three witnesses.

1 Timothy 5:19 Cross References

Matthew 18:16

But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Deuteronomy 19:15

“A single witness shall not suffice to convict a person of any crime or wrongdoing in connection with any offense that may be committed. Only on the evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be sustained.

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.”

Titus 1:6

someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.

Deuteronomy 17:6

On the evidence of two or three witnesses the death sentence shall be executed; a person must not be put to death on the evidence of only one witness.

Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

Acts 25:16

I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met the accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the charge.

John 8:17

In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.

Acts 11:30

this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

John 18:29

So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

1 Timothy 4:14

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.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,