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1 Timothy 5:19

WEB

19Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses.

KJV

19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

BSB

19[+] Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

FBV

19Don't entertain [+] any accusation against an elder unless two or three witnesses support it.

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Extra References

Matthew 18:16

16But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.


Deuteronomy 19:15

15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.


2 Corinthians 13:1

1This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”


Titus 1:6

6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.


Deuteronomy 17:6

6At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.


Hebrews 10:28

28A man who disregards Moseslaw dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.


Deuteronomy 19:18-19

18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother, 19then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.


John 8:17

17It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.


Acts 25:16

16I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.


John 18:29

29Pilate therefore went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”