1 Timothy 5:24
New International Version
The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them.

New Living Translation
Remember, the sins of some people are obvious, leading them to certain judgment. But there are others whose sins will not be revealed until later.

English Standard Version
The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.

Berean Standard Bible
The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

Berean Literal Bible
The sins of some men are manifest, going before them to judgment; but of some also they appear later.

King James Bible
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

New King James Version
Some men’s sins are clearly evident, preceding them to judgment, but those of some men follow later.

New American Standard Bible
The sins of some people are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.

NASB 1995
The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.

NASB 1977
The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.

Legacy Standard Bible
The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after.

Amplified Bible
The sins of some people are conspicuous, leading the way for them into judgment [so that they are clearly not qualified for ministry]; but the sins of others appear later [for they are hidden and follow behind them].

Christian Standard Bible
Some people’s sins are obvious, preceding them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Some people’s sins are obvious, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others surface later.

American Standard Version
Some men's sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There are people whose sins are known, and they precede them to the place of judgment, and some follow them.

Contemporary English Version
Some people get caught in their sins almost at once, even before the time of judgment. But other people's sins don't show up until later.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Some men's sins are manifest, going before to judgment: and some men they follow after.

English Revised Version
Some men's sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The sins of some people are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment. The sins of others follow them there.

Good News Translation
The sins of some people are plain to see, and their sins go ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others are seen only later.

International Standard Version
The sins of some people are obvious, leading them to judgment. The sins of others follow them there.

Literal Standard Version
the sins of certain men are evident beforehand, leading before to judgment, but some also they follow after;

Majority Standard Bible
The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

New American Bible
Some people’s sins are public, preceding them to judgment; but other people are followed by their sins.

NET Bible
The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

New Revised Standard Version
The sins of some people are conspicuous and precede them to judgment, while the sins of others follow them there.

New Heart English Bible
Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

Webster's Bible Translation
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment: and some men they follow after.

Weymouth New Testament
The sins of some men are evident to the world, leading the way to your estimate of their characters, but the sins of others lag behind.

World English Bible
Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

Young's Literal Translation
of certain men the sins are manifest beforehand, leading before to judgment, and certain also they follow after;

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Context
A Charge to Timothy
23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments. 24The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later. 25In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.…

Cross References
Romans 3:7
However, if my falsehood accentuates God's truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, "Blessed are the dead--those who die in the Lord from this moment on." "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them."


Treasury of Scripture

Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

Jeremiah 2:34
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Acts 1:16-20
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus…

Acts 5:1-11
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, …

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1 Timothy 5
1. Rules to be observed in reproving.
3. Of widows.
17. Of elders.
23. A precept for Timothy's health.
24. Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's follow after.














(24) Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.--The preceding verse was parenthetic, and suggested by his fears lest the effect of his direction to his son in the faith to keep himself pure might lead Timothy to the practice of a useless and unhealthy asceticism. St. Paul now returns and closes the subject on which he had been instructing his representative at Ephesus. He tells him, in his choice of men to fill the public positions in the Church of God--in his public inquiries into their conduct and teaching--in his inquiries respecting sinners, who, having forfeited their position as members of the community, were seeking re-admission into church fellowship, not to forget there were two classes of sins: the one class public and open, heralds, so to speak, of the judgment to follow. In the case of men sinning thus, the church's chief pastor would have no difficulty in determining upon his course of action. But there was another class of sins--silent and, as far as public and general knowledge went, unknown--only published after judgment had been given. To rightly estimate such characters will require much care and penetration, and this will be part of Timothy's work. The judgment (krisis) here mentioned is that of Timothy as shown in the careful selection of candidates for ordination--in determining what sinners are fit for restoration to church fellowship--in pronouncing sentence in the matter of accused presbyters.

Verse 24. - Evident for open beforehand, A.V.; unto for to, A.V.; men also for men, A.V. Some men's sins, etc. St. Paul is evidently here recurring to the topic which he had been dealing with ever since ver. 17, viz. Timothy's duty as a bishop, to whom was entrusted the selection of persons for the office of elder, or presbyter, and also the maintaining of discipline among his clergy. Alford sees the connection of the precept about drinking a little wine with what went before, and with this twenty-fourth verse, in the supposed circumstance that Timothy's weak health had somewhat weakened the vigor of his rule; and that the recommendation to leave off water-drinking was given more with a view to the firmer discharge of those duties than merely for his bodily comfort. This may be so. But there is nothing unlike St. Paul's manner in the supposition that he had done with the subject in hand at the end of the twenty-second verse, and passed on to the friendly hint with regard to Timothy's health, but then subjoined the fresh remarks in vers. 24 and 25, which were an afterthought. Evident (πρόδηλοι); only found in the New Testament, in Hebrews 7:14 besides these two verses, and in the apocryphal books of the Old Testament. It is common, with the kindred forms, προδηλόω προδήλωσις, etc., in classical Greek. It is doubted whether πρὸ in this compound verb has the force of "beforehand," as in the A.V., and not rather that of "before the eyes of all," and therefore only intensifies the meaning of δηλόω. But the natural force of πρὸ in composition certainly is "before" in point of time; and hence in a compound like πρόδηλος would mean" evident before it is examined," which of course is equivalent to "very evident." St. Paul's meaning, therefore, would be: Some men's sins are notorious, requiring no careful inquisition in order to find them out; nay, they of themselves go before - before the sinner himself - unto judgment. But there are also some whose sins follow after them. It is not till after close inquiry that they are found out. They go up to the judgment-seat apparently innocent, but after a while their sins come trooping up to their condemnation. This enforces the caution, "Lay hands hastily on no man."

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Greek
The
αἱ (hai)
Article - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sins
ἁμαρτίαι (hamartiai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.

of some
Τινῶν (Tinōn)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

men
ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

are
εἰσιν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

obvious,
πρόδηλοί (prodēloi)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 4271: Manifest to all, evident, very clear. From pro and delos; plain before all men, i.e. Obvious.

going ahead of [them]
προάγουσαι (proagousai)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 4254: From pro and ago; to lead forward; intransitively, to precede (participle, previous).

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

judgment;
κρίσιν (krisin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2920: Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[the sins] of others
τισὶν (tisin)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

do [not] surface until later.
ἐπακολουθοῦσιν (epakolouthousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1872: To follow close after, accompany, dog; I imitate, pursue, be studious of. From epi and akoloutheo; to accompany.


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