Widows, Elders and Slaves

5 Do not rebuke an older man^(A) harshly,^(B) but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men^(C) as brothers, ² older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

¹⁹ Do not entertain an accusation against an elder^(A) unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.^{(B) 20} But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove^(C) before everyone, so that the others may take warning.^(D)