1 Timothy 5:2
and the elder women, as mothers; and the younger women, as thy sisters, with all purity.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
In Context
1Chide not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men, as thy brothers;
3Honor widows, who are truly widows.
Cross References
John 19:26And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved, standing by, and he said to his mother: Woman, behold, thy son.
1 Thessalonians 5:22and fly from every thing evil.
1 Timothy 5:3Honor widows, who are truly 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 →