Treatment of Church Members

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

Honor True Widows

Honor widows who are really widows.

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Honor Widows

(A)Do not sharply rebuke an (B)older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, and to (C)the younger men as brothers, to the older women as mothers, and to the younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Honor widows who are actually (D)widows;

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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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Péče o různé skupiny v církvi

1-2 Musíš-li domluvit staršímu člověku, nenapadej ho, ale jednej s ním uctivě, jako by to byl někdo z tvých rodičů. K mladším přistupuj jako k sourozencům, k dívkám jako ke svým sestrám, bez všech postranních myšlenek.

Církev ať pečuje o vdovy, které zůstaly osamělé.

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