“That an elder must not be rashly accused. In the first to Timothy: "Against an eider receive not all accusation."”
Cyprian, 3th c. — Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
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19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
— 1 Timothy 5:19 —
20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
21I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.