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


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.

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.

1st 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 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 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.