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


In Context

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

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

3 honour widows who are really widows;

4 and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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