1 Timotius 4:13

4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, ¹  to exhortation, to teaching.

1 Timotius 5:20

5:20 Those guilty of sin ²  must be rebuked ³  before all, ⁴  as a warning to the rest. ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “reading.”

sn The public reading of scripture refers to reading the scripture out loud in the church services. In a context where many were illiterate and few could afford private copies of scripture, such public reading was especially important.

² sn As a continuation of v. 19, this refers to elders who sin, not to sinning believers more generally.

³ tn Or “censured.” The Greek word implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

⁴ tn “Before all” probably refers to the whole congregation, not just all the elders; “the rest” is more likely to denote the remaining elders.

⁵ tn Grk “that the rest may have fear.”