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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Paul again talks of how elders (overseers) should be treated and then gives Timothy some personal instructions.
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 # Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "All believers should think of the elders who are good leaders as worthy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"All believers should think of the elders who are good leaders as worthy" 
 
 # double honor
 
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 # those who labor with the word and in teaching
 
-Paul speaks about the word as if it is an object that a person can work with. Alternate translation: "those who work hard preaching and those who teach God's word" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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+"those who work hard preaching and those who teach God's word"
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