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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
International Standard Version
1 Timothy 5:1-2
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Treatment of Widows
5 Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat[a] younger men like brothers, 2 older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.
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- 1 Timothy 5:1 The Gk. lacks Treat
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