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1Ti_5:20 contains a further instruction regarding his conduct toward the presbyters.
τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας ] does not refer to the members of the church in general (de Wette, Wiesinger), but to the presbyters (van Oosterzee, Plitt, Hofmann),—those presbyters who, in their official work or general walk, do not conduct themselves in a manner worthy of their office. In such cases it does not matter whether a charge against them is brought before Timothy or not.[191]
ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ ΠΆΝΤΩΝ ἜΛΕΓΧΕ ] The most natural reference of ΠΆΝΤΕς also is to the presbyters. It would clearly be too much to expect that Timothy should punish all sinners before the whole church (comp. Mat_18:15-17); that would be unsuitable, even in the case of presbyters who had sinned. On ἐλέγχειν , “censure,” comp. Luk_3:19; Tit_1:13; Tit_2:15.
ἽΝΑ ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΛΟΙΠΟῚ ΦΌΒΟΝ ἜΧΩΣΙ ] “ ΟἹ ΛΟΙΠΟΊ may be only the rest of the same class to which the ἉΜΑΡΤΆΝΟΝΤΕς belong,” Hofmann.
[191] Neither the present ( ἁμαρτάνοντας ) nor the lack of δέ disproves this view. The aorist ( ἁμαρτήσαντας ) would have pointed to some earlier incident, and δέ would be necessary only if the apostle had had clearly in mind the contrast to the καλῶς προεστῶτες πρεσβύτεροι mentioned in ver. 17.