1 Timothy 5:20 - Exposition

Reprove for rebuke , A.V.; in the sight of for before , A.V.; the rest for others , A.V.; be in fear for fear , A.V. Reprove ; ἔλεγχε , not ἐπιπλήξῃς , as in 1 Timothy 5:1 (see Matthew 18:15 ). There, the fault being a private one, the reproof is to be administered in private. But in the ease of the sinning presbyter, which is that here intended, Timothy is to reprove the offender "before all," that others also may fear, and may be deterred by their fear from committing a like offence.