“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
treat older women as mothers, younger women as sisters — with absolute purity — the parallel structure extends to women: older women (as mothers) and younger women (as sisters) require appropriate familial respect. The injunction hē panteē hagneia (with complete purity) guards Timothy against sexual impropriety even in pastoral relationships.
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