1 Timothy 5:2

the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters – with all purity.

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

In Context

1Do not reprimand an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

3Show consideration for widows – I mean those who are really widowed.

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Cross References

John 19:26When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing near, he said to his mother, “There is your son.”

1 Thessalonians 5:22shun every form of evil.

1 Timothy 5:3Show consideration for widows – I mean those who are really widowed.

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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