1 Timothy 5:1
Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
In Context
2the older women as mothers, the younger women as sisters in all purity.
Cross References
Matthew 18:15"If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother.
Acts 14:23They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 15:6The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;
Romans 13:7Render to all their dues; taxes to whom taxes, customs to whom customs, respect to whom respect, and homage to whom homage is due.
Galatians 6:1Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too 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 →