Treatment of Church Members

5 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

^32 (A)‘You shall ^[a]rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and ^(B)fear your God: I am the Lord.

Submit to God, Resist the Devil

⁵ Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, ^(A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

⁶ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

⁶ Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

² that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Bear and Share Burdens

6 Brethren, if a man is ^[a]overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of ^(A)gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

Shepherd the Flock

5 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a ^(A)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the ^(B)glory that will be revealed:

¹⁹ Do not receive an accusation against an elder except ^(A)from two or three witnesses. ²⁰ Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.

Honor the Elders

¹⁷ Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

^8 (A)But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your ^[a]Teacher, ^[b]the Christ, and you are all brethren.