1 Timothy 5:3
χηρασ τιμα τασ οντωσ χηρασ
Η Καινή Διαθήκη
In The King James Version
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
In Context
2πρεσβυτερασ ωσ μητερασ νεωτερασ ωσ αδελφασ εν παση αγνεια
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 →