1 Timothy 5:1
An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
In Context
2aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters — in all purity;
Cross References
Leviticus 19:32'At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
Matthew 18:15'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
Acts 14:23and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Acts 15:6And there were gathered together the apostles and the elders, to see about this matter,
Romans 13:7render, therefore, to all [their] dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.
Galatians 6:1Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who [are] spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself — lest thou also may 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 →