1 Timothy 5:17-19 Let the elders who preside well be accounted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in word and doctrine;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ Let the elders who preside well be accounted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in word and doctrine; ¹⁸ for the scripture saith, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn," and, "The labourer is worthy of wages." ¹⁹ Receive not an accusation against an elder, but on the testimony of two or three witnesses.