1 Timothy 5:2

Elderly women, as mothers, younger women, as sisters, in all chastity.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

In Context

1An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as [though he were thy] father,—younger men, as brothers,

3Widows, honour thou—who indeed are widows:—

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Cross References

John 19:26Jesus, therefore, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved, saith unto his mother—O woman, see! thy son!

1 Thessalonians 5:22From every form of wickedness, abstain.

1 Timothy 5:3Widows, honour thou—who indeed are 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 →

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