1 Timothy 5:1
Do not rebuke an elder man, but entreat him as a father, younger men as brothers,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
In Context
2elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.
Matthew 18:15But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.
Acts 14:23And having appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Acts 15:6And the apostles and the elders were assembled together to see about this matter.
Romans 13:7Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.
Galatians 6:1And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:1
Here the apostle, I. Directs Timothy how to reprove, ver. 1, 2 . II. Adverts to widows, both elder and younger, ver. 3-16 . III. To elders, ver. 17-19 . IV. Treats of public reproof, ver. 20 . V. Gives a solemn charge concerning ordination, ver. 21, 22 . VI. Refers to his health ( ver. 23 ), and states men's sins to be very different in their effects, ver. 24, 25 . Read the whole commentary →