Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers; 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition DO NOT sharply censure or rebuke an older man, but entreat and plead with him as [you would with] a father. Treat younger men like brothers; American Standard Version (1901) Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: Common English Bible Don’t correct an older man, but encourage him like he’s your father; treat younger men like your brothers, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version An ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as a father: young men, as brethren: English Standard Version 2016 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, |
Rise up in the presence of a gray-haired head, and honor the reputation of an elder, and fear the Lord your God. I am the Lord.
But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.
And when they had arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the Apostles and the elders, reporting what great things God had done with them.
Then, sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called those greater by birth in the church.
Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.
And, brothers, if a man has been overtaken by any offense, you who are spiritual should instruct someone like this with a spirit of leniency, considering that you yourselves might also be tempted.
He has said to his father and to his mother, 'I do not know you,' and to his brothers, 'I will disregard you.' And they have not known their own sons. Such as these have kept your word and have observed your covenant:
Let priests who lead well be held worthy of twice the honor, especially those who labor in the Word and in doctrine.
But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.
Is anyone ill among you? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Therefore, I beg the elders who are among you, as one who is also an elder and a witness of the Passion of Christ, who also shares in that glory which is to be revealed in the future:
The Elder to the Elect Lady, and those born of her, whom I love in the truth: and not I alone, but also all those who have known the truth,
And surrounding the throne were twenty-four smaller thrones. And upon the thrones, twenty-four elders were sitting, clothed entirely in white vestments, and on their heads were gold crowns.