In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. - 1 Timothy 5:21 (ESV)
Leadership. These are people you know; people that have labored in the faith with you. They could be friends or they could become people that get under your skin. But they are typically people we are familiar with and that introduces the likelihood of bias.
Paul is giving Timothy a bunch of rules when it comes to leadership, especially for elders. In this list, he sticks in an important qualifier - be unbiased. Sticking to these protocols protects the other leaders, the church, and glorifies God. No matter how tempted you are to fudge on this - don't.
I mean, Paul brings in God, Jesus, and the angels to back him up on this one.
[Insert positive or negative example here.]
[Please do this in your mind, not for the whole world to see. Thanks.]
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