1 Timothy 5:2
elder[women] as mothers, younger[women] as sisters, in to{every purity}.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
In Context
3Be-valuing widows, the being-ly/actually widows.
Cross References
John 19:26So, Jesus, behold[ing] the mother and the disciple having-stood-beside, whom he-has-been-loving, is-saying to{the mother} of{same}, "Woman, behold, the son of{you}."
1 Thessalonians 5:22From of{all evil beheld[noun]} be-having/holding-off/away-from.
1 Timothy 5:3Be-valuing widows, the being-ly/actually 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 →