1 Timothy 5:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Never admit any charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Cross References

Matthew 18:16

But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

John 18:29

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

John 8:17

In your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true;

Acts 11:30

and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 25:16

I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.

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.

Deuteronomy 17:6

On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses he that is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.

Deuteronomy 19:15

“A single witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed; only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained.

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you.

1 Timothy 5:17

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

Titus 1:6

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.

Hebrews 10:28

A man who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.