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1 Timothy 5

1 Tim. 5:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Lay
epitithemi (Greek #2007)
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
KJV usage: add unto, lade, lay upon, put (up) on, set on (up), + surname, X wound.
Pronounce: ep-ee-tith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 1909 and 5087
hands
cheir (Greek #5495)
the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument)
KJV usage: hand.
Pronounce: khire
Origin: perhaps from the base of 5494 in the sense of its congener the base of 5490 (through the idea of hollowness for grasping)
m suddenly
tacheos (Greek #5030)
briefly, i.e. (in time) speedily, or (in manner) rapidly
KJV usage: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, suddenly.
Pronounce: takh-eh'-oce
Origin: adverb from 5036
on
epitithemi (Greek #2007)
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
KJV usage: add unto, lade, lay upon, put (up) on, set on (up), + surname, X wound.
Pronounce: ep-ee-tith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 1909 and 5087
no man
medeis (Greek #3367)
not even one (man, woman, thing)
KJV usage: any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay.
Pronounce: may-dice'
Origin: μηδεμία (may-dem-ee'-ah), and the neuter μηδέν (may-den') from 3361 and 1520
, neither
mede (Greek #3366)
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
KJV usage: neither, nor (yet), (no) not (once, so much as).
Pronounce: may-deh'
Origin: from 3361 and 1161
be partakern of
koinoneo (Greek #2841)
to share with others (objectively or subjectively)
KJV usage: communicate, distribute, be partaker.
Pronounce: koy-no-neh'-o
Origin: from 2844
other men’s
allotrios (Greek #245)
another's, i.e. not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile
KJV usage: alien, (an-)other (man's, men's), strange(-r).
Pronounce: al-lot'-ree-os
Origin: from 243
sins
hamartia (Greek #266)
a sin (properly abstract)
KJV usage: offence, sin(-ful).
Pronounce: ham-ar-tee'-ah
Origin: from 264
: keep
tereo (Greek #5083)
to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from 5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from 2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
KJV usage: hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Pronounce: tay-reh'-o
Origin: from τερός (a watch; perhaps akin to 2334)
thyself
seautou (Greek #4572)
also dative case of the same, σεαυτῷ (seh-ow-to'), and accusative case σεαυτόν (seh-ow-ton'), likewise contracted σαυτοῦ (sow-too'), σαυτῷ (sow-to'), and σαυτόν (sow-ton'), respectively of (with, to) thyself
KJV usage: thee, thine own self, (thou) thy(-self).
Pronounce: seh-ow-too'
pure
hagnos (Greek #53)
properly, clean, i.e. (figuratively) innocent, modest, perfect
KJV usage: chaste, clean, pure.
Pronounce: hag-nos'
Origin: from the same as 40
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Acts 13:3• 3Then when they had fasted and prayed and laid down their hands on them, they let them go. (Acts 13:3)
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2 John 11• 11for he that greeteth him partaketh in his wicked works. (2 John 11)

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Laying on of Hands,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Lay.
1 Tim. 4:14• 14Neglect not the gift that was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elderhood. (1 Tim. 4:14)
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Acts 6:6• 6whom they set before the apostles; and having prayed they laid their hands on them. (Acts 6:6)
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Acts 13:3• 3Then when they had fasted and prayed and laid down their hands on them, they let them go. (Acts 13:3)
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2 Tim. 1:6• 6For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands. (2 Tim. 1:6)
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Heb. 6:2• 2of teaching of washings, and of imposition of hands, and of resurrection of dead [men], and of judgment everlasting; (Heb. 6:2)
suddenly.
1 Tim. 3:6,10• 6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the devil's charge .
 10And let these also be first proved, then let them serve as deacons, being blameless. (1 Tim. 3:6,10)
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Josh. 9:14•  (Josh. 9:14)
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2 Tim. 2:2• 2And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men, such as shall be able to teach others also. (2 Tim. 2:2)
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Titus 1:5‑9• 5For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldest order further the things wanting, and appoint elders city by city, as I directed thee.
 6If anyone is blameless, husband of one wife, having children faithful, not under charge of profligacy, or unruly.
 7For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre;
 8but hospitable, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,
 9holding to the faithful word that is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to encourage in the healthful doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers. (Titus 1:5‑9)
neither.
Eph. 5:11• 11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather also reprove; (Eph. 5:11)
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2 John 11• 11for he that greeteth him partaketh in his wicked works. (2 John 11)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues: (Rev. 18:4)
keep.
1 Tim. 4:12• 12Let none despise thy youth, but be a pattern of the faithful in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (1 Tim. 4:12)
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Acts 18:6• 6But as they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own head; I [am] pure; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles, (Acts 18:6)
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Acts 20:26• 26Wherefore I testify to you this day that I am pure from the blood of all. (Acts 20:26)
• The injunction has no special, if indeed any, link with elders, but was meant to warn Timothy against haste in all such acts. (“On 1 Timothy 5:19-25” by W. Kelly)
• The purity required emphatically in himself would the better help to guard against looseness in sanctioning formally men who would make sad havoc of the flock of God or dishonor the Master by forsaking the work through love of the present age, if they did not fall into gross sins or bring in privily heresies of perdition. (“On 1 Timothy 5:19-25” by W. Kelly)
• Timothy was to be careful not to give, by the laying on of hands, his sanction to anyone who did not offer moral guarantees that, in the position he had taken, he deserved this mark of respect from others. (“1 Timothy 5” by J.N. Darby)
• In Scripture to lay hands on another is the sign of fellowship rather than the communication of authority as Christendom teaches. (“Warnings Against Worldliness and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lay hands quickly on no man, nor partake in others’ sins. Keep thyself pure.

W. Kelly Translation

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Lay hands quickly on no one, neither be a partaker in others’ sins; keep thyself pure.