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

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² [Treat] older women like mothers [and] younger women like sisters, in all purity.

American Standard Version (1901)

² the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

Common English Bible

² treat older women like your mother, and treat younger women like your sisters with appropriate respect.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² with old women, like mothers; with young women, in all chastity, like sisters.

1 Timothy 5:2 Cross References

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.

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 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

1 Timothy 5:1

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