1 Timothy 5:1-3
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Speak To Everyone As You Would Your Own Family Members
5 Do not sharply-rebuke an older man, but be appealing-to[a] him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters in all purity.
Provide Church Support For Real Widows Attested By Faith And Good Works
3 Be honoring widows— the real[b] widows.
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- 1 Timothy 5:1 Or, urging.
- 1 Timothy 5:3 As seen next, Paul means widows dependent on God alone in contrast to those with relatives, or whose character has not demonstrated a relationship to God or His family, or who are of marriageable age.
1 Timothy 5:1-3
New International Version
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.
3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.(D)
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