1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,


In Context

1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,

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

3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.

1st Timothy 5:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:1An ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as a father: young men, as brethren:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:1An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:1Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brothers;