1 Timothy 5:2

with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters.

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The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

In Context

1You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers;

3Honor those widows who are true widows.

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Cross References

John 19:26Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every kind of evil.

1 Timothy 5:3Honor those widows who are true widows.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:2-3

Directions Concerning Reproofs. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. Here the apostle gives rules to Timothy, and in him to other ministers, in reproving. Ministers are reprovers by office; it is a part, though the least pleasing part, of their office; they are to preach the word, to reprove and rebuke, 2 Tim. iv. 2 . A great difference is to be made in our reproofs, according to the… Read the whole commentary →

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