1 Timothy 5:17

17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.

1 Timothy 5:17 In-Context

15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer [is] worthy of his reward.
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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