1 Timothy 5:17
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.”
λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
τιμή
honor
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τιμή
Honour, value, price, esteem. Time. You were bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body. Your body is not your own. It was purchased. Use it to honour the one who bought it.
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διδασκαλία
the] teaching;
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διδασκαλία
Teaching, instruction, doctrine. Didaskalia. All Scripture is profitable for doctrine. Sound doctrine is the skeleton of the body. Without it everything collapses.
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πρεσβύτερος
elders
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πρεσβύτερος
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
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προΐστημι
already ruling
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προΐστημι
to stand before, i.e. (in rank) to preside, or (by implication) to practise
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μάλιστα
especially
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μάλιστα
(adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly
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κοπιάω
straining
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κοπιάω
to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard
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καλῶς
well
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καλῶς
well (usually morally)
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διπλοῦς
of double
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διπλοῦς
two-fold
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