Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

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In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with[a] humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5 Or you tie around yourselves
  2. 5:5 Pr 3:34 LXX

13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.(A)
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have conquered the evil one.(B)
14 I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word(C) remains in you,
and you have conquered the evil one.

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