22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor (A)share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.

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22 (A)Do not lay hands upon anyone too quickly and [a]thereby share (B)responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself [b]free from sin.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:22 Lit do not share
  2. 1 Timothy 5:22 Lit pure

22 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.

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22 Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands,(A) and do not share in the sins of others.(B) Keep yourself pure.(C)

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22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

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