1 Timothy 5:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;”
1 Timothy 5:1 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 5:110 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:1
Is he now speaking of the order? I think not, but of any elderly man. What then if he should need correction? Do not rebuke him, but address him as you would a father offending. Rebuke is in its own nature offensive, particularly when it is addressed to an old man, and when it proceeds from a young man too, there is a threefold show of forwardness. By the manner and the mildness of it, therefore, he would soften it. For it is possible to reprove without offense, if one will…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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