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1 Timothy 5:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
1 Timothy 5:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
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, 2 to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
3 Honour widows who are really widows.
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- 1 Timothy 5:1 Or an elder, or a presbyter
1 Timothy 5:1-3
New International Version
1 Timothy 5:1-3
New International Version
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.
3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.(D)
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