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.
1 Timothy 5:19 - Revised Standard Version Never admit any charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses. Common English Bible Don’t accept an accusation made against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to accept an accusation against a priest, except under two or three witnesses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Against a priest receive not an accusation, but under two or three witnesses. |
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.
So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”
and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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.
This is the third time I am coming to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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.
“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.
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you.
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching;
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.
A man who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.