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Ya beat me too it.aleshanee said:Tim said:1 Timothy 5:20
As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.
that verse sits in the middle of a paragraph that is talking about church leadership and elders....... how we should give them the higher honor due to them because of the responsibility they take.... but how because of that honor and responsibility we should also hold them to an even greater accountably when they persist in sin.......
in short it teaches to hold leaders and elders to higher standard.... and not turn a blind eye to the sin of elders or leaders like certain ifb churches have recently become infamous for doing.....
but rather than take it out of context in an effort to justify setting yourself up as a judge and jury of your fellow christians on the matters you hold as your personal peaves... ..... why not present the scripture in it;s proper context and interpret it;s proper meaning?.......
here is the whole passage in context......
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? 1st timothy 5; 17 to 22 ...... let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching......... .... for the scripture says, ?you shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,? and, ?the laborer deserves his wages.?........ ...... do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses......... as for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear........ in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels i charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality......... do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure......
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what you have done tim is to demonstrate one of the biggest injustices done by the translators of scripture in previous centuries who broke up and numbered the cannon into convenient chapter and verse divisions...... ... sure ....it made it easier to find whatever you needed to refer to when searching out and studying the scriptures..... and it ended up being a valuable research tool..... .. .... but it also made it incredibly easy for people to take scripture out of context and misuse or misinterpret it..... .... and easier for them to make others believe their misinterpretations when they did it...... ... ......
in short it enabled and facilitated the cults.... and gave false credence to their errors....... and it;s generally those most unfamiliar with scripture who fall for it......
earnestly contend