I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality: Timothy is told to be impartial in all of his Christian duties, including the hearing of a charge against an elder. An evangelist might be tempted to overlook the sins of an elder with whom he has always had a pleasant relationship but to pursue the matter more aggressively with one with whom he has had a strained relationship. The evangelist must be certain he does not prefer one before another, doing nothing by partiality.