1 Timothy 5:24

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Some men’s sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“of certain men the sins are manifest beforehand, leading before to judgment, and certain also they follow after;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Timothy 5:24 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
  2. Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
  3. Acts 5:1Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
  4. Acts 8:18When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
  5. Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
  6. 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  7. 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

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