1 Timothy 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

suddenly. hastily, i.e. without sufficient testing.

no man. no one. Greek. medeis. See 1 Timothy 5:21.

neither. Greek. mede.

other men's. App-124.

sins. At. 128.1.

pure. Greek. hagnos. See 2 Corinthians 7:11. Not as the word is used to-day, but as clear from aiding in sending unfit men into the ministry, from which all the churches are suffering at this hour. Compare Jude 1:11.

1 Timothy 5:22

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