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


In Context

1 An ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as a father: young men, as brethren:

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

3 Honour widows, that are widows indeed.

4 But if any widow have children, or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house, and to make a return of duty to her parents: for this is acceptable before 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with 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.