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Keep yourself pure. <a href="/nlt/1_timothy/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> Never be in a hurry about appointing a church leader. Do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/esv/1_timothy/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. <a href="/bsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/blb/1_timothy/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Lay hands on no one hastily, nor share in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. <a href="/kjv/1_timothy/5.htm">King James Bible</a> Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. <a href="/nkjv/1_timothy/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure. <a href="/nasb_/1_timothy/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Do not lay hands upon anyone too quickly and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. <a href="/nasb/1_timothy/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. <a href="/nasb77/1_timothy/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thus share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. <a href="/lsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Do not lay hands upon anyone hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself pure. <a href="/amp/1_timothy/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Do not hurry to lay hands on anyone [ordaining and approving someone for ministry or an office in the church, or in reinstating expelled offenders], and thereby share in the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. <a href="/csb/1_timothy/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Don’t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/hcsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Don&#8217t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don&#8217t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/asv/1_timothy/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. <a href="/cev/1_timothy/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't be too quick to accept people into the service of the Lord by placing your hands on them. Don't sin because others do, but stay close to God. <a href="/erv/1_timothy/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. <a href="/gwt/1_timothy/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Don't be in a hurry to place your hands on anyone [to ordain him]. Don't participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure. <a href="/gnt/1_timothy/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> Be in no hurry to lay hands on people to dedicate them to the Lord's service. Take no part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. <a href="/isv/1_timothy/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Do not ordain anyone hastily. Do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/msb/1_timothy/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/net/1_timothy/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/nheb/1_timothy/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Do not ordain anyone hastily, nor participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/wbt/1_timothy/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Impose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. <a href="/wey/1_timothy/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Do not ordain any one hastily; and do not be a partaker in the sins of others; keep *yourself* pure. <a href="/web/1_timothy/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_timothy/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Be quickly laying hands on no one, nor be having fellowship with [the] sins of others; be keeping yourself pure; <a href="/blb/1_timothy/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Lay hands on no one hastily, nor share in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. <a href="/ylt/1_timothy/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure; <a href="/slt/1_timothy/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Put hands swiftly upon none, nor participate in others' sins: keep thyself pure.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_timothy/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste. <a href="/cpdv/1_timothy/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You should not be quick to impose hands on anyone, nor should you take part in the sins of outsiders. Keep yourself chaste. <a href="/nabre/1_timothy/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Do not lay hands too readily on anyone, and do not share in another’s sins. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/nrsvce/1_timothy/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_timothy/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Do not lay hands hastily on any man, neither be a partaker of other men’s sins; keep yourself pure. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_timothy/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Lay hands quickly on no man, and do not share in the sins of strangers; keep yourself in purity.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_timothy/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Lay hands hastily on no man, nor be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.<CM> <a href="/godbey/1_timothy/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Lay hands quickly on no one, and be not partaker of other men's sins. <a href="/haweis/1_timothy/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Lay hands hastily on no man, nor share another?s sins: keep thyself pure; <a href="/mace/1_timothy/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Don't be hasty to ordain any man: and be not accessory to the faults of others: preserve your own integrity. <a href="/wey/1_timothy/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Do not ordain any one hastily; and do not be a partaker in the sins of others; keep *yourself* pure. <a href="/worrell/1_timothy/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep yourself pure. <a href="/worsley/1_timothy/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Lay hands on no man precipitately, and be not hereby a partaker in the sins of others. Keep thyself pure. <a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkcLX59OJyU?start=802" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/5.htm">A Charge to Timothy</a> 21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality. 22<a href="/greek/5030.htm" title="5030: tacheōs (Adv) -- Soon, quickly, hastily. Adverb from tachus; briefly, i.e. speedily, or rapidly.">Do not be too quick</a> <a href="/greek/3367.htm" title="3367: mēdeni (Adj-DMS) -- No one, none, nothing. "></a> <a href="/greek/2007.htm" title="2007: epitithei (V-PMA-2S) -- To put, place upon, lay on; I add, give in addition. From epi and tithemi; to impose.">in the laying on</a> <a href="/greek/5495.htm" title="5495: Cheiras (N-AFP) -- A hand. ">of hands</a> <a href="/greek/3366.htm" title="3366: mēde (Conj) -- And not, not even, neither?nor. From me and de; but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor.">and thereby</a> <a href="/greek/2841.htm" title="2841: koinōnei (V-PMA-2S) -- From koinonos; to share with others.">share</a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartiais (N-DFP) -- From hamartano; a sin.">in the sins</a> <a href="/greek/245.htm" title="245: allotriais (Adj-DFP) -- From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile.">of others.</a> <a href="/greek/5083.htm" title="5083: tērei (V-PMA-2S) -- From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.">Keep</a> <a href="/greek/4572.htm" title="4572: seauton (PPro-AM2S) -- Of yourself. ">yourself</a> <a href="/greek/53.htm" title="53: hagnon (Adj-AMS) -- From the same as hagios; properly, clean, i.e. innocent, modest, perfect.">pure.</a> 23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Acts 6:6</a> They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. <a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm">1 Timothy 4:14</a> Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders. <a href="/2_timothy/1-6.htm">2 Timothy 1:6</a> For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2-3</a> While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” / And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-7</a> Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? / Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. <a href="/2_john/1-11.htm">2 John 1:11</a> Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm">1 Corinthians 15:33</a> Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... <a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a> Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-22.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:22</a> Abstain from every form of evil. <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a> Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. <a href="/1_peter/5-3.htm">1 Peter 5:3</a> not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Leviticus 19:17</a> You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him. <a href="/numbers/27-18.htm">Numbers 27:18-23</a> And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him. / Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and commission him in their sight. / Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/13-6.htm">Deuteronomy 13:6-11</a> If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, / the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), / you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.Lay.<a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm">1 Timothy 4:14</a> Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.<a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Acts 6:6</a> Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.<a href="/acts/13-3.htm">Acts 13:3</a> And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.suddenly.<a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">1 Timothy 3:6,10</a> Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil… <a href="/joshua/9-14.htm">Joshua 9:14</a> And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.<a href="/2_timothy/2-2.htm">2 Timothy 2:2</a> And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.neither.<a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a> And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.<a href="/2_john/1-11.htm">2 John 1:11</a> For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.<a href="/revelation/18-4.htm">Revelation 18:4</a> And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.keep.<a href="/1_timothy/4-12.htm">1 Timothy 4:12</a> Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.<a href="/acts/18-6.htm">Acts 18:6</a> And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.<a href="/acts/20-26.htm">Acts 20:26</a> Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_timothy/5-2.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-7.htm">Free</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/john/11-31.htm">Hastily</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Hasty</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Impose</a> <a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-17.htm">Ordain</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-20.htm">Others</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-14.htm">Part</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Partake</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-30.htm">Partaker</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Participate</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-9.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-14.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/colossians/1-25.htm">Responsibility</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-14.htm">Share</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-20.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-6.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-16.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-7.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-16.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_timothy/2-22.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-14.htm">Free</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/genesis/41-14.htm">Hastily</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-29.htm">Hasty</a> <a href="/revelation/2-24.htm">Impose</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-12.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/titus/1-5.htm">Ordain</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Others</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Part</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-2.htm">Partake</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-8.htm">Partaker</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">Participate</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-9.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/numbers/4-27.htm">Responsibility</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-18.htm">Share</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/revelation/3-3.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Thereby</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">1 Timothy 5</div>1. <a href="/1_timothy/5-1.htm">Rules to be observed in reproving.</a> 3. <a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">Of widows.</a> 17. <a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm">Of elders.</a> 23. <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">A precept for Timothy's health.</a> 24. <a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's follow after.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the early church, the laying on of hands was a symbolic act signifying the setting apart of individuals for specific roles or ministries (<a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Acts 6:6, 13</a>:3). The caution against hastiness underscores the importance of discernment and careful evaluation of a person's character and spiritual maturity before entrusting them with leadership responsibilities. This reflects the broader biblical principle of testing and proving individuals before they assume positions of authority (<a href="/1_timothy/3-10.htm">1 Timothy 3:10</a>).and thereby share in the sins of others This part of the verse highlights the responsibility of those who appoint leaders. If leaders are chosen without proper discernment, and they fall into sin or lead others astray, those who appointed them may bear some responsibility for their actions. This concept is rooted in the communal nature of the early church, where the actions of one could impact the entire body (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6</a>). It also reflects the biblical principle of accountability, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Ezekiel 3:18-19</a>, where leaders are warned of their responsibility to guide others rightly.Keep yourself pure This exhortation emphasizes personal holiness and integrity. In the context of leadership, it serves as a reminder that those who appoint others must themselves be above reproach. Purity here encompasses moral, spiritual, and doctrinal integrity, aligning with the broader biblical call to holiness (<a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>). The call to purity is also a personal admonition to Timothy, reflecting the need for leaders to maintain their own spiritual health and avoid being tainted by the sins of others (<a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle who authored the letter to Timothy, providing guidance and instruction for church leadership and personal conduct. 2. <a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a> A young pastor and protégé of Paul, serving in Ephesus, who is the recipient of this letter. 3. <a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a> The city where Timothy was ministering, known for its diverse population and significant early Christian community. 4. <a href="/topical/c/church_elders.htm">Church Elders</a> Leaders within the church who were appointed through the laying on of hands, a practice that signified ordination and blessing. 5. <a href="/topical/l/laying_on_of_hands.htm">Laying on of Hands</a> A symbolic act used in the early church for ordination, healing, and blessing, signifying the impartation of authority or spiritual gifts.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/caution_in_leadership_appointments.htm">Caution in Leadership Appointments</a> The laying on of hands should not be done hastily. Leaders must be carefully vetted to ensure they are spiritually mature and doctrinally sound. <a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_accountability.htm">Responsibility and Accountability</a> By participating in the ordination of leaders, one shares in their ministry and, potentially, their sins. This underscores the need for discernment and accountability in leadership roles. <a href="/topical/p/personal_purity.htm">Personal Purity</a> Maintaining personal purity is essential for effective ministry. This involves both moral integrity and doctrinal soundness. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_sin.htm">Guarding Against Sin</a> The verse warns against becoming complicit in the sins of others, highlighting the importance of personal and communal holiness. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_discernment.htm">Spiritual Discernment</a> Spiritual discernment is crucial in making decisions that affect the church community, particularly in leadership roles.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_timothy_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Timothy 5</a> <a href="/q/what_does_enabling_someone's_sin_mean.htm">What does enabling someone's sin mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_actual_grace.htm">How can a young man purify his path?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_sensuality.htm">What does the Bible say about sensuality?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_laying_hands.htm">What does the Bible say about laying on hands?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_timothy/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) Lay hands suddenly on no man.--This command refers primarily to the solemn laying on of hands at the ordination of presbyters and deacons. It no doubt also includes the "laying on of hands" customary, apparently, even in the Apostolic age, on the absolution of penitents and their re-admission to church fellowship.Neither be partaker of other men's sins.--By thus negligently admitting into the ministry unfit persons--by carelessly and without due caution readmitting persons to a church fellowship, which by their evil life they had forfeited--Timothy would incur a grave responsibility, would in fact "be a partaker" in the sins and errors committed by those men, some of whom he had carelessly placed in important positions in the church, others of whom he had restored to communion before they had given sufficient evidence of their repentance. To limit, however, the reference of the command of St. Paul here to the laying on of hands in the ordination of presbyters and deacons, would imply a greater corruption in the church at that early date than is credible. Surely the number of "unfit" persons seeking the high and holy, but difficult and dangerous, posts of officers in a proscribed and hated community, would hardly by themselves have warranted such grave warning words as "Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins."Keep thyself pure.--The word "pure" here has a broad and inclusive signification. It, of course, denotes the urgent necessity of one holding Timothy's high and responsible office being pure and chaste in word and deed and thought; but here it also presses on the chief presbyter of Ephesus the imperative necessity of keeping himself, by ceaseless watchfulness, pure from all reproach in the matter of selecting candidates for the ministry, or in the restoring of the lapsed sinners to church fellowship.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_timothy/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 22. - Hastily for suddenly, A.V. Lay hands, etc. Surely if we are guided by St. Paul's own use of the phrase, ἐπίθεσις χειρῶν, in the only two places in his writings where it occurs (<a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm">1 Timothy 4:14</a> and <a href="/2_timothy/1-6.htm">2 Timothy 1:6</a>), we must abide by the ancient interpretation of these words, that they mean the laying on of hands in ordination. So also in <a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Acts 6:6</a> and Acts 13:3, ἐπιτίθεναι χεῖρας is "to ordain." And the context here requires the same sense. The solemn injunction in the preceding verse, to deal impartially in judging even the most influential eider, naturally suggests the caution not to be hasty in ordaining any one to be an elder. Great care and previous inquiry were necessary before admitting any man, whatever might be his pretensions or position, to a holy office. A bishop who, on the spur of the moment, with improper haste, should ordain cue who afterwards required reproof as ἁμαρτάνων, sinning (ver. 20), would have a partnership in the man's sin, and in the evil consequences that flowed from it. And then it follows, Keep thyself pure; i.e. clear and guiltless (<a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">2 Corinthians 7:11</a>), which he would not be if he was involved in the sin of the guilty elder. Observe that the stress is upon "thyself." <a href="/commentaries/1_timothy/5-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Do not be too quick ταχέως (tacheōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> Soon, quickly, hastily. Adverb from tachus; briefly, i.e. speedily, or rapidly. in the laying on ἐπιτίθει (epitithei) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2007.htm">Strong's 2007: </a> To put, place upon, lay on; I add, give in addition. From epi and tithemi; to impose. of hands Χεῖρας (Cheiras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5495.htm">Strong's 5495: </a> A hand. [and thereby] μηδὲ (mēde) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3366.htm">Strong's 3366: </a> And not, not even, neither?nor. From me and de; but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor. share κοινώνει (koinōnei) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2841.htm">Strong's 2841: </a> From koinonos; to share with others. in [the] sins ἁμαρτίαις (hamartiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. of others. ἀλλοτρίαις (allotriais) Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_245.htm">Strong's 245: </a> From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile. Keep τήρει (tērei) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5083.htm">Strong's 5083: </a> From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold. yourself σεαυτὸν (seauton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4572.htm">Strong's 4572: </a> Of yourself. pure. ἁγνὸν (hagnon) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_53.htm">Strong's 53: </a> From the same as hagios; properly, clean, i.e. innocent, modest, perfect. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-22.htm">NT Letters: 1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands hastily on no one neither (1 Tim. 1Ti iTi 1tim i Tm) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_timothy/5-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Timothy 5:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 5:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Timothy 5:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 5:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>