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1 Timothy 5:1-2 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 5 · verses 1–2 · King James Version
1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.1 Timothy 5:1-2 · King James Version
1 Timothy 5:1-2 in context
1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- intreatparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- mothersmētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- youngerneosrecently born, young, youthful, newG3501 →
- sistersadelphēa full, own sister, one connected by the tie of the Christian religionG79 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- elderpresbyteroselder, of age,, the elder of two people, advanced in life, an elder, a senior…G4245 →
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Here the apostle gives rules to Timothy, and in him to other ministers, in reproving. Ministers are reprovers by office; it is a part, though the least pleasing part, of their office; they are to preach the word, to reprove and rebuke, Ti2 4:2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2