1 Timothy 5:20 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:20

Do not, he says, hastily cut them off, but carefully enquire into all the circumstances, and when you have thoroughly informed yourself, then proceed against the offender with rigor, that others may take warning. For as it is wrong to condemn hastily and rashly, so not to punish manifest offenses is to open the way to others, and embolden them to offend. “Rebuke,” he says, to show that it is not to be done lightly, but with severity. For thus others will be deterred. How is…