1 Timothy 5:1
Rebuke not an Elder, but exhort him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
In Context
2The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenesse.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.
Matthew 18:15Moreouer, if thy brother trespasse against thee, goe and tell him his fault betweene thee and him alone: if he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother.
Acts 14:23And when they had ordeined them Elders by election in euery Church, and prayed, and fasted, they commended them to the Lord in whome they beleeued.
Acts 15:6Then the Apostles and Elders came together to looke to this matter.
Romans 13:7Giue to all men therefore their duetie: tribute, to whome yee owe tribute: custome, to whom custome: feare, to whome feare: honour, to whom ye owe honour.
Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man be suddenly taken in any offence, ye which are spirituall, restore such one with the spirit of meekenes, considering thy selfe, least thou also be tempted.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:1
Here the apostle, I. Directs Timothy how to reprove, ver. 1, 2 . II. Adverts to widows, both elder and younger, ver. 3-16 . III. To elders, ver. 17-19 . IV. Treats of public reproof, ver. 20 . V. Gives a solemn charge concerning ordination, ver. 21, 22 . VI. Refers to his health ( ver. 23 ), and states men's sins to be very different in their effects, ver. 24, 25 . Read the whole commentary →