1 Timothy 5:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,

Cross References

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Matthew 23:8

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters.

Acts 14:23

And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.

Acts 15:4

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

Acts 15:6

The apostles and the elders met together to consider this matter.

Acts 20:17

From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him.

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Galatians 6:1

My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.

Deuteronomy 33:9

who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he ignored his kin and did not acknowledge his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,

1 Timothy 5:2

to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

Titus 2:2

Tell the older men to be temperate, serious, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

Titus 2:6

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

James 5:14

Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 5:1

Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you

2 John 1:1

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

3 John 1:1

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.

Revelation 4:4

Around the throne are twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones are twenty-four elders, dressed in white robes, with golden crowns on their heads.