Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
". . . since the level at which the sin of the elder is being dealt with is that of two or three witnesses, the analogy with Matthew 18:15-18, particularly 1 Timothy 5:17, ’tell it to the church,’ would point to ’all the church’ as more likely . . ." [Note: Knight, The Pastoral . . ., p. 236.] 