My true brother and sister and mother is any person that does the things my Father in heaven wants.”
1 Timothy 5:2 - Easy To Read Version Treat the older women like mothers. And treat the younger women with respect like sisters. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
My true brother and sister and mother is any person that does the things my Father in heaven wants.”
Brothers and sisters, continue to think about the things that are good and worthy of praise. Think about the things that are true and honorable and right and pure and beautiful and respected.
You are young, but don’t let any person treat you like you are not important. Be an example to show the believers how they should live. Show them with the things you say, with the way you live, with your love, with your faith, and with your pure life.
Don’t speak angrily to an older man. But talk to him like he was your father. Treat the younger men like brothers.
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Stay away from the evil things a young person wants to do. Try very hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace. Do these things together with those people who have pure hearts and trust in the Lord.