Widows, Elders and Slaves

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

Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.(D)

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Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

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Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied(A) the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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