Do not layhandsupon anyone[too] hastilyand therebyshare[responsibility for] the sinsof others;keepyourselffree from sin.
"Whenyou seea thief,you are pleasedwith him, And you associatewith adulterers.
Then,when they had fastedand prayedand laidtheir handson them, they sent them away.
But when they resistedand blasphemed,he shookout his garmentsand saidto them, "Your blood[be] on your own heads!I am clean.From nowon I will goto the Gentiles."
"Therefore,I testifyto you thisdaythat I aminnocentof the bloodof all men.
And thesethey broughtbeforethe apostles;and after praying,they laidtheir handson them.
Do not participatein the unfruitfuldeedsof darkness,but insteadevenexposethem;
Thesemen must alsofirstbe tested;thenlet them serve as deaconsif they are beyond reproach.
An overseer,then,mustbe above reproach,the husbandof onewife,temperate,prudent,respectable,hospitable,able to teach,
[and] not a new convert,sothat he will not become conceitedand fallinto the condemnationincurred by the devil.
Let no onelook downon your youthfulness,but [rather] in speech,conduct,love,faith[and] purity,showyourself an exampleof thosewho believe.
Do not neglectthe spiritual giftwithinyou, whichwas bestowedon you throughprophetic utterancewith the layingon of handsby the presbytery.
For thisreasonI remindyou to kindle afreshthe giftof Godwhichis in you throughthe layingon of my hands.
The things whichyou have heardfrom me in the presenceof manywitnesses,entrusttheseto faithfulmenwhowill be ableto teachothersalso.
of instructionabout washingsand layingon of hands,and the resurrectionof the deadand eternaljudgment.
So the men[of Israel] tooksomeof their provisions,and did not askfor the counselof the LORD.
for the one who giveshim a greetingparticipatesin his evildeeds.
I heardanothervoicefrom heaven,saying,"Comeout of her, my people,sothat you will not participatein her sinsand receiveof her plagues;
