Tímótaìqiánshū 5:1

1 Bùkĕ yán zé lǎo nián rén , zhǐyào quàn tāmen rútóng fùqin . quàn shàonián rén rútóng dìxiōng .

Tímótaìqiánshū 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1. Rebuke not an elder
By whom is meant, not an elder1 Timothy 5:2

The elder women as mothers
When they offend in any point, they are to be reasoned, and argued, and pleaded with, as children should with their mothers; see ( Hosea 2:2 ) and are to be considered as mothers in Israel, and to be treated with great tenderness and respect. The younger as sisters;
using the freedom as a brother may with a sister; and considering them as sisters in Christ, and in a way becoming the relation, tell them their faults freely and privately, but with all purity:
in such manner as to preserve chastity in looks, in words, and actions.

Tímótaìqiánshū 5:1 In-Context

1 Bùkĕ yán zé lǎo nián rén , zhǐyào quàn tāmen rútóng fùqin . quàn shàonián rén rútóng dìxiōng .

2 Quàn lǎo nián fùnǚ rútóng mǔqin . quàn shàonián fùnǚ rútóng jiĕmeì . zǒng yào qīng qīngjié jié de .

3 Yào zūnjìng nà zhēn wéi guǎfu de .

4 Ruò guǎfu yǒu érnǚ , huò yǒu sūnzi sūnnǚ , biàn jiào tāmen xiān zaì zìjǐ de jiā zhōng xué zhe xíng xiào , bàodá qīn ēn , yīnwei zhè zaì shén miànqián shì kĕ yuènà de .

5 Nà dú jū wú kào zhēn wéi guǎfu de , shì yǎng laì shén , zhòuyè bú zhù de qíqiú dǎogào .