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A worker receives a modest wage near an unmuzzled ox eating grain.
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1 Timothy 5:17-18

Honor and Fair Wages

Family Care and Impartial Responsibility · 1 Timothy 5

Story guide: Visual essay: Fair payment and the ox eating grain accompany the Scripture examples supporting honor for labor.

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17Let the elders who lead well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

18For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing,” and, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

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