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1 Timothy 5:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Timothy 5:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Duties toward Believers
5 Do not speak harshly to an older man,[a] but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,(A) 2 to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
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- 5.1 Or an elder or a presbyter
1 Timothy 5:1-2
New American Standard Bible
1 Timothy 5:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Honor Widows
5 (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, 2 to the older women as mothers, and to the younger women as sisters, in all purity.
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1 Timothy 5:1-2
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1 Timothy 5:1-2
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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.
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