1 Timothy 5:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[Treat] older women like mothers [and] younger women like sisters, in all purity.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

treat older women like your mother, and treat younger women like your sisters with appropriate respect.

Catholic Public Domain Version

with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Timothy 5:2 Cross References

Matthew 12:50

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 5:1

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

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.