1 Timothy 5:1-2
1 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
1 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
Respect for both older and younger is essential to godliness, as well as order in the church. We are to gently plead with older men as fathers and older women as mothers, with respect and humble advice when they stray from living sound doctrine. This means we do not sharply correct them nor disrespect by bearing them with harsh words. For the younger men, we are called to see and treat them as if a brother, coming alongside to give wise advice as we have learned it. For younger women, we must deal with them as sisters in purity, not out of place desires or actions. This is respect and order in correction within the body of Christ.
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