1 Timothy 5

Honoring Worthy Elders and Dealing With Sinners

17 The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching. 18 For the scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox while it**Here "while" is supplied as a component of the participle ("threshing") which is understood as temporal is threshing,"*A quotation from Deut 25:4 and "The worker is worthy of his wages."*A quotation from Luke 10:7