1 Timothy 5:2
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
In Context
1Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;
3Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Cross References
John 19:26Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
1 Timothy 5:3Honor widows who are widows indeed.
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 →