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1 Timothy 5

1 Tim. 5:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
axioo (Greek #515)
to deem entitled or fit
KJV usage: desire, think good, count (think) worthy.
Pronounce: ax-ee-o'-o
Origin: from 514
q the elders
presbuteros (Greek #4245)
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
KJV usage: elder(-est), old.
Pronounce: pres-boo'-ter-os
Origin: comparative of πρέσβυς (elderly)
that rule
proistemi (Greek #4291)
to stand before, i.e. (in rank) to preside, or (by implication) to practise
KJV usage: maintain, be over, rule.
Pronounce: pro-is'-tay-mee
Origin: from 4253 and 2476
well
kalos (Greek #2573)
well (usually morally)
KJV usage: (in a) good (place), honestly, + recover, (full) well.
Pronounce: kal-oce'
Origin: adverb from 2570
be counted worthy
axioo (Greek #515)
to deem entitled or fit
KJV usage: desire, think good, count (think) worthy.
Pronounce: ax-ee-o'-o
Origin: from 514
of double
diplous (Greek #1362)
two-fold
KJV usage: double, two-fold more.
Pronounce: dip-looce'
Origin: from 1364 and (probably) the base of 4119
honor
time (Greek #5092)
a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
KJV usage: honour, precious, price, some.
Pronounce: tee-may'
Origin: from 5099
, especially
malista (Greek #3122)
(adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly
KJV usage: chiefly, most of all, (e-)specially.
Pronounce: mal'-is-tah
Origin: neuter plural of the superlative of an apparently primary adverb μάλα (very)
they who labor
kopiao (Greek #2872)
to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard
KJV usage: (bestow) labour, toil, be wearied.
Pronounce: kop-ee-ah'-o
Origin: from a derivative of 2873
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the word
logos (Greek #3056)
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
KJV usage: account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Pronounce: log'-os
Origin: from 3004
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
doctrine
didaskalia (Greek #1319)
instruction (the function or the information)
KJV usage: doctrine, learning, teaching.
Pronounce: did-as-kal-ee'-ah
Origin: from 1320
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1 Thess. 5:12‑13• 12Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you,
 13and to esteem them exceedingly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. (1 Thess. 5:12‑13)

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the elders.
1 Tim. 5:1• 1Reprimand not an elder, but exhort [him] as father, younger men as brethren, (1 Tim. 5:1)
rule.
1 Tim. 3:5• 5(but if one knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he care for God's assembly?), (1 Tim. 3:5)
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Matt. 24:25• 25Behold, I have told you before. (Matt. 24:25)
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Luke 12:42• 42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household to give the measure of corn in season? (Luke 12:42)
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Rom. 12:8• 8or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; he that bestoweth, with simplicity; he that presideth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. (Rom. 12:8)
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1 Thess. 5:12‑13• 12Now we beseech you, brethren, to know those that labour among you and are over you in [the] Lord and admonish you,
 13and to esteem them exceedingly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. (1 Thess. 5:12‑13)
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Heb. 13:7,17,24• 7Remember your leaders the which spoke to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conduct imitate their faith.
 17Obey your leaders, and be submissive, for they watch over your souls, as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this [were] unprofitable for you.
 24Salute all your leaders, and all the saints. They from Italy salute you. (Heb. 13:7,17,24)
be.
1 Tim. 5:3• 3Honour widows that are widows indeed; (1 Tim. 5:3)
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Acts 28:10• 10who also honoured us with many honours, and on sailing put on board d things for our need. (Acts 28:10)
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Rom. 15:27• 27For they were pleased, and they are their debtors; for if in their spiritual things the Gentiles had a share, they ought also in things carnal to minister to them. (Rom. 15:27)
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1 Cor. 9:5‑14• 5have we not title to take about a sister wife, as also the other apostles and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas?
 6or I alone and Barnabas, have we not title to abstain from working?
 7Who ever serveth in war at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who tendeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
 8Do I speak these things as a man, or doth not the law also say these things?
 9For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,
 10or doth he say it altogether on our account? For it was written on our account, because the plougher ought to plough in hope, and the thresher in hope of partaking.
 11If we sowed for you the spiritual things, [is it] a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
 12If others partake of the title over you, should not we more? But we use not this title but bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of the Christ.
 13Know ye not that those that minister about the holy things eat of the temple, and those that attend the altar share with the altar?
 14So also the Lord ordained those that announced the gospel to live of the gospel. (1 Cor. 9:5‑14)
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Gal. 6:6• 6But let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things. (Gal. 6:6)
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Phil. 2:29• 29Receive him therefore in [the] Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour; (Phil. 2:29)
double.
2 Kings 2:9•  (2 Kings 2:9)
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Isa. 40:2•  (Isa. 40:2)
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Jer. 16:18•  (Jer. 16:18)
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Jer. 17:18•  (Jer. 17:18)
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Zech. 9:12•  (Zech. 9:12)
labour.
1 Tim. 4:10• 10for unto this end we labour and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on a living God who is Saviour of all men, especially of faithful [men]. (1 Tim. 4:10)
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Matt. 9:37‑38• 37{i}Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest [is] great and the workmen [are] few;{/i}
 38{i}supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest.{/i} (Matt. 9:37‑38)
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Luke 10:1‑2,7• 1{i}Now{/i} after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
 2{i}And he said to them,{/i} The harvest indeed [is] great, but the workmen few, supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest {i}that he may send out workmen into his harvest.{/i}
 7And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. {i}Remove not from house to house.{/i} (Luke 10:1‑2,7)
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John 4:38• 38I sent you to reap that on which ye have not toiled: others have toiled, and ye have entered into their toil. (John 4:38)
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Acts 20:35• 35In all things I gave you an example how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
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Rom. 16:12• 12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa that labour in [the] Lord. Salute Persis the beloved which laboured much in [the] Lord. (Rom. 16:12)
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1 Cor. 3:9• 9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)
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1 Cor. 15:10• 10but by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace that [was] towards me became not empty, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I but the grace of God that [was] with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)
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1 Cor. 16:16• 16that ye also be subject to such, and to everyone that co-operateth and laboureth. (1 Cor. 16:16)
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2 Cor. 6:1• 1And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)
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Phil. 2:16• 16holding forth [the] word of life, for a boast to me in Christ's day, that not in vain I ran nor in vain laboured. (Phil. 2:16)
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Phil. 4:3• 3yea, I beseech thee also, genuine yokefellow, help them, seeing that they shared my conflicts in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life. (Phil. 4:3)
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2 Tim. 2:6• 6The labouring husbandman must first partake of the fruits. (2 Tim. 2:6)
word.
1 Tim. 4:6,16• 6Setting these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and the good teaching which thou hast followed up.
 16Take heed to thyself and the teaching; continue in them; for in doing this thou shalt save thyself and those that hear thee. (1 Tim. 4:6,16)
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2 Tim. 4:2• 2preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; convict, rebuke, encourage with all long-suffering and doctrine. (2 Tim. 4:2)
• They are responsible to see that godly order is maintained in public and private. (“Warnings Against Worldliness and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

W. Kelly Translation

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Let the elders that preside well be counted worthy of double honoura, especially they that labour in word and teaching.

WK Translation Notes

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It cannot be fairly doubted that salary or pay is not the prominent or even true idea, but "honor." To make "double maintenance" out of the text is as mistaken as to deduce from it two classes of elders, lay elders that shared the government without maintenance, and clerical or ministerial elders that taught publicly as well as privately. To bear such a sense the construction ought to have been anarthrous. With the article as it stands in each clause, it is a described or defined case, and not a conditional one. Still that there is included every loving consideration of the elders taking the lead or presiding well seems plain from what follows, but this rather as honorarium than as stipendium. On the one hand it is degrading to the service of Christ when it is made a question of the earnings of a trade or profession; but on the other it is a dishonor to the saints who reap the fruit of unremitting and unselfish care in spiritual things if they do not mark their sense of it, not merely where the servants are needy, but in the reprocity of loving regard where no such want exists.