1 Timothy 5:1-3

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Duties towards Believers

5 Do not speak harshly to an older man,^[a] but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers, ²to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

³Honour widows who are really widows.

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1 Timothy 5:1 Or an elder, or a presbyter

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