The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
What does 1 Timothy 5:2 mean?
Respect must be paid to the dignity of years and place. The younger, if faulty, must be rebuked, not as desirous to find fault with them, but as willing to make the best of them.
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PrayerChurch orderSound doctrineGodliness
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Keep this verse inside 1 Timothy 5:1-2 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
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