¹Never use harsh words when you correct an older man, but talk to him as if he were your father. Talk to younger men as if they were your brothers, ²older women as if they were your mothers, and younger women as if they were your sisters, while keeping yourself morally pure.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.

NLTNew Living Translation

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

KJV 1900King James Version

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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