1 Timothy 5:22

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Lay	ἐπιτίθει epitithei	G2007	to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense) · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
hands	χεῖρας cheiras	G5495	the hand (literally or figuratively (power) · noun — accusative plural feminine
suddenly	ταχέως tacheōs	G5030	briefly · adverb
on	ἐπιτίθημι epitíthēmi	G2007	to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
man	μηδενὶ mēdeni	G3367	not even one (man · adjective — dative singular masculine
neither	μηδὲ mēde	G3366	but not · conjunction — negative
of	κοινώνει koinōnei	G2841	to share with others (objectively or subjectively) · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
men’s	ἀλλοτρίαις, allotriais	G245	another's · adjective — dative plural feminine
sins	ἁμαρτίαις hamartiais	G266	a sin (properly abstract) · noun — dative plural feminine
keep	τήρει. tērei	G5083	perhaps akin to G2334 (θεωρέω)) · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person singular
thyself	σεαυτοῦ seautoû	G4572	of (with
pure	ἁγνὸν hagnon	G53	properly · adjective — accusative singular masculine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
1 Timothy 3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
1 Timothy 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Acts 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore 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 Timothy 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also…
2 John 1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:17–end

Here are directions, I. Concerning the supporting of ministers. Care must be taken that they be honourably maintained (Ti1 5:17): Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour (that is, of double maintenance, double to what they have had, or to what others have), especially those who labour in the word and doctrine, those who are more laborious than others. Observe, The presbytery ruled, and the same that ruled were those who laboured in the word and doctrine: they had not one to preach to them and another to rule them, but the work was done by one and the same person. Some have imagined that by the elders that rule well the apostle means lay-elders, who were employed in r…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 5:22

Lay hands--that is, ordain (Ti1 4:14; Ti2 1:6; Tit 1:5). The connection is with Ti1 5:19. The way to guard against scandals occurring in the case of presbyters is, be cautious as to the character of the candidate before ordaining him; this will apply to other Church officers so ordained, as well as to presbyters. Thus, this clause refers to Ti1 5:19, as next clause, "neither be partaker of other men's sins," refers to Ti1 5:20. ELLICOTT and WIESINGER understand it of receiving back into Church fellowship or absolution, by laying hands on those who had been "rebuked" (Ti1 5:20) and then excommunicated (Mat 18:17); Ti1 5:20 favors this. But as in Ti1 4:14, and Act 6:6; Act 13:3; Ti2 1:6, the l…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 5:22

Lay hands suddenly on no man - Do not hastily appoint any person to the sacred ministry: let the person be well proved before he receives the imposition of hands. Some understand this of laying hands on the sick. Neither be partaker of other men's sins - It is a sin for any improper person to thrust himself into the sacred office; and he partakes of that sin who introduces, helps him forward, or sanctions him in it. O, what an account will rash, undiscerning, and prejudiced bishops, presbyters, and others, have to render to God for their ordinations! Their laying rash or careless hands "on skulls that cannot teach, and will not learn;" while probably they refuse inducting others well qualifi…

The Church Fathers

Baptism is not rashly to be administered.… Similarly, this precept is rather to be looked at carefully.… "Lay not hands easily on any; share not other men's sins."
— Tertullian, ON BAPTISM 18

Again to Timotheus: "Lay hands on no one hastily, nor communicate with others' sins." Again to the Ephesians: "Be not, then, partners with them: for ye were at one time darkness.
— Tertullian, On Modesty

And the man who put on Christ, who is the Christ of all of us no less; for he, in writing to his dearly-beloved son Timothy, says: "Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins."
— Phileas of Thmuis,

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Company · EVIL — EVIL
Holiness · 2:17;5:22-25;6:15; — 2:17;5:22-25;6:15;
Purity · 5:8; — 5:8;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Timothy 5:22

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 5:22

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 5:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Timothy 5:22

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Timothy 5:22

Adam Clarke on 1 Timothy 5:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Timothy 5:22

John Calvin on 1 Timothy 5:22–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Timothy 5:22