1 Timothy 5:1–2
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Duties toward Believers
5Do not speak harshly to an older man,z but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,* 2to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.
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- zOr an elder or a presbyter
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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