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1 Timothy 5:1-2
New Catholic Bible
1 Timothy 5:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Specific Regulations for Various Groups[a]
Chapter 5
Different Age Groups.[b] 1 Never speak harshly to an older man; rather, appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with the greatest purity.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 5:1 Paul sets forth the attitude that Timothy should have toward various groups in his Church: the old and the young, widows, presbyters, and slaves. With reference to slavery, one should note that the New Testament does not attack the institution directly but attacks the principle of slavery. For Christian slaves are freedmen of the Lord and their owners are slaves of the Lord (1 Cor 7:21-23). In Christ Jesus there is no distinction between slave and free; all are baptized in one Spirit and form one body (see 1 Cor 12:13; Gal 3:28; Col 3:11). Ultimately, the principle of Christian love prevented Christians from regarding other human beings as slaves.
- 1 Timothy 5:1 The apostle must have an attitude of respect and closeness for the different categories of the faithful.
