1 Timothy 5:2
aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters—in all purity;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
In Context
1You may not rebuke an elder, but exhort [him] as a father, younger persons as brothers,
3honor widows who are really widows;
Cross References
John 19:26Jesus, therefore, having seen [His] mother, and the disciple standing by, whom He was loving, He says to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son”;
1 Thessalonians 5:22abstain from all appearance of evil;
1 Timothy 5:3honor widows who are really 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 →