1 Timothy 5:24

1 Timothy 5:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
• New International Version (NIV)The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Some men’s sins are clearly evident, preceding them to judgment, but those of some men follow later.

Context of 1 Timothy 5:24

22Do not hurry to lay hands on anyone [ordaining and approving someone for ministry or an office in the church, or in reinstating expelled offenders], and thereby share in the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. 23No longer continue drinking [only] water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. The sins of some people are conspicuous, leading the way for them into judgment [so that they are clearly not qualified for ministry]; but the sins of others appear later [for they are hidden and follow behind them]. 25Likewise, good deeds are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be hidden [indefinitely].

1 Timothy 5:24 word by word

τινῶν ἀνθρώπων αἱ ἁμαρτίαι πρόδηλοί εἰσιν προάγουσαι εἰς κρίσιν· τισὶν δὲ καὶ ἐπακολουθοῦσιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Someτιςtis · oneG5100
• men’sἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• sinsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• open beforehandπρόδηλοςprodēlos · obviousG4271
• going beforeπροάγωproagō · to go/bring beforeG4254
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
• andδέde · thenG1161
• they follow afterἐπακολουθέωepakoloutheō · to follow afterG1872

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 5:24

• Jeremiah 2:34Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in [a house]. But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—
• Acts 1:16“Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David [king of Israel] about Judas [Iscariot], who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
• Acts 5:1Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
• Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
• Galatians 5:19Now the practices of the sinful nature are clearly evident: they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality (total irresponsibility, lack of self-control),
• 2 Timothy 4:10for Demas, having loved [the pleasures of] this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
• 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world by [personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition has become worse for them than the first.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Some men's sins are open beforehand - In appointing men to sacred offices in the Church, among the candidates Timothy would find, Some of whom he knew nothing, but only that they professed Christianity; let such be tried before they are appointed. Some of whose faith and piety he had the fullest knowledge, and whose usefulness in the Church was well known. Some whose lives were not at all or but partially reformed, who were still unchanged in their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Some men‘s sins are open beforehand - This declaration, though it assumes a general form, is to be taken evidently in connection with the general subject of introducing men to the ministry 1 Timothy 5:22; and 1 Timothy 5:23 is to be regarded as a parenthesis. The apostle had given Timothy a charge 1 Timothy 5:22 respecting the character of those whom he should ordain. He here says, in reference to that, that the character of some people was manifest…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Care must be taken that ministers are maintained. And those who are laborious in this work are worthy of double honour and esteem. It is their just due, as much as the reward of the labourer. The apostle charges Timothy solemnly to guard against partiality. We have great need to watch at all times, that we do not partake of other men's sins. Keep thyself pure, not only from doing the like thyself, but from countenancing it, or any way helping…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25These two wise sayings summarize 5:17–23 and emphasize God's judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Two kinds of sins are specified: those palpably manifest (so the Greek for "open beforehand" ought to be translated; so in He 7:14, it is translated "evident"; literally, "before" the eyes, that is, notorious), further explained as "going before to judgment"; and those which follow after the men ("some men they, that is, their sins, follow after"), namely, not going beforehand, loudly accusing, but hidden till they come to the judgment: so 1Ti 5:25…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 5:24

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Beforehand
• Deny
• Guide
• Marry
• Reproachfully
• Requite
• Reward

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings