1 Timothy 5:1 Parallel Translations

Never use harsh words when you correct an older man, but talk to him as if he were your father. Talk to younger men as if they were your brothers,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

BBE:

Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

DBY:

Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,

ERV:

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

WEY:

Never administer a sharp reprimand to a man older than yourself; but entreat him as if he were your father, and the younger men as brothers;

WBS:

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

WEB:

Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

YLT:

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

1 Timothy 5:1 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 19:32 'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

Titus 2:2 Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

Titus 2:6 Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:1 Rebuke {1} not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
(1) Of giving personal reprehensions appropriately, according to the degrees of ages and gender.

PNT:

5:1,2 The Widows of the Church
SUMMARY OF I TIMOTHY 5:
Rules for Reproving. Honoring Widows. How They Should Be Supported. Who Are to Be Taken into the Number of Widows. The Younger Widows. The Presbyters. A Charge Concerning Timothy's Death.
Rebuke not an elder. An aged man. Treat him with deference due to age. It is evident from the four classes named together, the aged women, and the young women, that the reference in the word elder is not to office, but to age.

WES:

5:1 Rebuke not - Considering your own youth, with such a severity as would otherwise be proper.

MHC:

5:1,2 Respect must be paid to the dignity of years and place. The younger, if faulty, must be rebuked, not as desirous to find fault with them, but as willing to make the best of them. There is need of much meekness and care in reproving those who deserve reproof.

CONC:

Administer Aged Appeal Authority Brethren Brothers Church Elder Entreat Entreating Exhort Harshly Intreat Mayest Older Persons Rather Rebuke Reprimand Sharp Sharply Talk Treat Younger

Administer Aged Appeal Authority Church Elder Entreat Entreating Exhort Harshly Intreat Mayest Older Persons Rather Rebuke Sharp Sharply Talk Treat Words Younger

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