1 Timothy 5

One day before the Cowboy game! On to important stuff.

V Dealing with men, women, widows, and elders
A. vs 1-2 How to deal with older and younger men and women
B. vs 3-16 What to do with widows
C. vs 17-20 How to honor and discipline Elders
D. vs 21-25 Various instructions from Paul

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
1 Timothy 5:22
I wasn't sure what exactly this was referring to so I went a did some research. I always assumed it referred to praying for the sick or praying for another Christian, (Because that is how we pray in our church) but it is referring to the ordaining of someone in to the ministry. Paul is telling Timothy to be careful who he places in ministry beside him. Which makes perfect sense because most of chapter 4 dealt with the qualifications for leaders and the previous paragraph dealt with how to discipline leaders. The message is clear, watch the lives of those who want to be leaders in your church. Just because someone is acting like a leader doesn't mean you should confirm them in leadership. To do that would be to share in the sins of others. It is also a lot easier to keep yourself pure when those in leadership around you are in unity with you and you are all striving for the common goal of glorifying Christ.