2elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.


In Context

1 Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,

2 elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

3 Honour widows who are really widows;

4 but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters — in all purity;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.