Sign in
1 Timothy 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.


1 Timothy 5:2Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 5:29 words
GreekMeaning
πρεσβυτέραςpresbyteras
elder womenadjectiveG4245
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
μητέραςmēteras
mothersnounG3384
νεωτέραςneōteras
and younger womenadjectiveG3501
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
ἀδελφὰςadelphas
sistersnounG79
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
πάσῃpasē
alladjectiveG3956
ἁγνείᾳhagneia
puritynounG47
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:2

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 13 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!