1 TIMOTHY 5:24 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.”
The sins of some people are conspicuous and precede them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later — the varying visibility of sin's consequences suggests that some transgressions immediately manifest (prodeloi), while others remain hidden until divine judgment (krinō) reveals them. Patience is required for full assessment.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:24
In speaking of ordination, he had said, “Be not partaker of other men's sins.” But what, he might say, if I be ignorant of them? Why, “some men's sins are open beforehand, going before them to judgment, and some they follow after.” Some men's, he means, are manifest, because they, go before, while others' are unknown, because they follow after.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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