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.

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Treatment of Widows

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat[a] younger men like brothers, older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:1 The Gk. lacks Treat

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.

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