1 Timothy 5:1-3

GOD’S WORD Translation

Guidelines for Dealing with Other Christians

5 Never use harsh words when you correct an older man, but talk to him as if he were your father. Talk to younger men as if they were your brothers, ² older women as if they were your mothers, and younger women as if they were your sisters, while keeping yourself morally pure.

³ Honor widows who have no families.