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1 Timothy 5:1-2
World English Bible
1 Timothy 5:1-2
World English Bible
5 Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; 2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
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1 Timothy 5:1-2
New Living Translation
1 Timothy 5:1-2
New Living Translation
Advice about Widows, Elders, and Slaves
5 Never speak harshly to an older man,[a] but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. 2 Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.
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- 5:1 Or an elder.
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