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1 Timothy 5:18
The 2026 edition cites 1 passage containing 1 Timothy 5:18, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
1 Timothy 5:17-18
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 108
The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath…
- LC 127
The honor which inferiors owe to their superiors is, all due reverence in heart, word, and behavior; prayer and thanksgiving for them; imitation of their…