Bible verse
Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
1 Timothy 5:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Timothy 5.
1 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
3 Honor the widows who are truly widows.
4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
5 The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
KJV
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
ASV
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
ERV
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
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