1 Timothy 5:1
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;”
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.
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Cross-References
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.”
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.”
“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”
“Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.”