1 Timothy 5:2
“The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters with all puritie.”
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1 Timothy 5:2 Context
1Rebuke not an Elder, but intreate him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren: 2The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters with all puritie. 3Honour widowes that are widowes indeed. 4But if any widow haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shew pietie at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
- King James Version
the older women as mothers, {and} the younger women as sisters, in all purity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- American Standard Version (1901)
To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
- Basic English Bible
elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
- Darby Bible
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
- Webster's Bible
the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with perfect modesty.
- Weymouth Bible
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- World English Bible
aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters -- in all purity;
- Youngs Literal Bible