SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:24
Los pecados de algunos hombres, antes que vengan ellos a juicio, son manifiestos; mas a otros les vienen despus.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:24
Verse 24. Some men's sins are open beforehand] In appointing men to sacred offices in the Church, among the candidates Timothy would find, 1. Some of whom he knew nothing, but only that they professed Christianity; let such be tried before they are appointed. 2. Some of whose faith and piety he had the fullest knowledge, and whose usefulness in the Church was well known. 3. Some whose lives were not at all or but partially reformed, who were still unchanged in their hearts, and unholy in their lives. The sins of these latter were known to all; they go before to judgment; with them he could have no difficulty. With the first class he must have more difficulty; there might have been hypocrites among them, whose sins could not be known till after they were brought into the sacred office. The characters of all should be fully investigated. The sins of some, before this investigation, might be so manifest as to lead at once eiv krisin to condemnation. The sins of others might be found out after, or in consequence of, this investigation; and those that were otherwise could not be long hid from his knowledge, or the knowledge of the Church. On all these accounts the exhortation is necessary: Lay hands suddenly on no man.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. Some men's sins are open before hand , etc.] Some men are such open and notorious sinners, that there is no need of any inquiry about them, or any examination of them; or any witnesses to be called to their character, in order to pass judgment concerning them; they even prevent and supersede any formal process about them. With such persons, the apostle intimates, Timothy could have no difficulty upon him, what to do with them; should they be proposed for the ministry, he would know at once what to do with them; namely, reject them. There would be no danger of his laying hands suddenly on such; for the following phrase, going before to judgment , is not to be understood of God's judgment, or of the last and future judgment of the great day, but of human judgment: it is true indeed that some men's sins are manifest and barefaced, before that day comes; while others are so private, that they will not be known till that day declares them, and brings to light the hidden things of darkness: and much such a way of speaking is used by the Jews; who say f84 , whoever committeth one transgression, (a notorious one,) in this world, it joins to him, and goes before him ydh wyl to the day of judgment.
But this sense agrees not with the context; and with what propriety soever it may be said, of some men's sins going before to judgment, it cannot be said with any, that others follow after judgment; since at the general judgment, every work, both good and bad, with every secret thing, will be brought into it; and nothing will follow after that: wherefore the next clause, and some [men] they follow after ; that is, some men's sins follow after, is to be understood of their following after human judgment; or of their appearing in the light after judgment has been passed upon them, which before were hid: and the sense of the whole is this, that the characters of some men are so well known, and it is so plain a case, that they are destitute of the grace of God; have not ministerial gifts; or are unsound in the faith; or are men of immoral lives and conversations; so that there can be no dispute about them, whether they are to be admitted into the ministry of the word or rejected. But there are other persons who may be proposed, whose sins or errors are so private, that they may not be known; and yet may appear afterwards; wherefore it is proper to take time, and not be too hasty, or lay hands suddenly on men.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-25 - Care must be taken that ministers are maintained. And those who ar laborious in this work are worthy of double honour and esteem. It in their just due, as much as the reward of the labourer. The apostl charges Timothy solemnly to guard against partiality. We have grea need to watch at all times, that we do not partake of other men's sins Keep thyself pure, not only from doing the like thyself, but from countenancing it, or any way helping to it in others. The apostle als charges Timothy to take care of his health. As we are not to make ou bodies masters, so neither slaves; but to use them so that they may be most helpful to us in the service of God. There are secret, and ther are open sins: some men's sins are open before-hand, and going befor unto judgment; some they follow after. God will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make known the counsels of all hearts Looking forward to the judgment-day, let us all attend to our prope offices, whether in higher or lower stations, studying that the nam and doctrine of God may never be blasphemed on our account __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
τινων 5100 ανθρωπων 444 αι 3588 αμαρτιαι 266 προδηλοι 4271 εισιν 1526 5748 προαγουσαι 4254 5723 εις 1519 κρισιν 2920 τισιν 5100 δε 1161 και 2532 επακολουθουσιν 1872 5719
Vincent's NT Word Studies
24. Open beforehand (prodhloi). A.V. wrong in giving pro a temporal force, whereas it merely strengthens dhloi evident, manifest. The meaning is openly manifested to all eyes. In N.T. only here, ver. 25, and Hebrews vii. 14. In LXX, see Judith viii. 29; 2 Macc. iii. 17; xiv. 39.
Going before to judgment (proagousai eijv krisin). Proagein, o P. In N.T. habitually with a local meaning, either intransitive, as Matthews ii. 9; xiv. 22; Mark xi. 9; or transitive, as Acts xii. 6; xvii. 5. 125 The meaning here is that these open sins go before their perpetrator to the judgment-seat like heralds, proclaiming their sentence in advance. Krisin, not specifically of the judgment of men or of the final judgment of God, or of the sentence of an ecclesiastical court - but indefinitely. The writer would say: no judicial utterance is necessary to condemn them of these sins. The word in Paul, only 2 Thess. i. 5.
They follow after (ejpakolouqousin). The verb only here, ver. 24, 1 Peter ii. 21, and (the disputed) Mark xvi. 20. The sins follow up the offender to the bar of judgment, and are first made openly manifest there.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
5:24 {Evident} (prodeloi). "Openly plain,"plain before all." Old word, in N.T. only here and #Heb 7:24. {Going before unto judgment} (proagousai eis krisin). See #1:18 for proagw. The sins are so plain that they receive instant condemnation. {And some men also they follow after} (tisin de kai epakolouqousin). Associative instrumental case tisin with epakolouqousin for which verb see verse #10, "dog their steps" (Parry) like #1Pe 2:21, not clearly manifest at first, but come out plainly at last. How true that is of secret sins.
