1 Timothy 5:1
Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;
New Heart English Bible
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 younger as sisters, in all purity.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32"'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am the Lord.
Matthew 18:15"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
Acts 14:23When they had appointed elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Acts 15:6The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
Romans 13:7Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
Galatians 6:1Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also are not 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 →