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1 Timothy 5:2

the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with perfect modesty.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Never administer a sharp reprimand to a man older than yourself; but entreat him as if he were your father, and the younger men as brothers;

3Honour widows who are really in need.

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Cross References

John 19:26So Jesus, seeing His mother, and seeing the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, "Behold, your son!"

1 Thessalonians 5:22Hold yourselves aloof from every form of evil.

1 Timothy 5:3Honour widows who are really in need.

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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