1 Timoteo 5:1

1 NON isgridar l’uomo attempato, ma esortalo come padre,

1 Timoteo 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.

1 Timoteo 5:1 In-Context

1 NON isgridar l’uomo attempato, ma esortalo come padre,

2 i giovani come fratelli, le donne attempate come madri, le giovani come sorelle, in ogni castità.

3 Onora le vedove, che son veramente vedove.

4 Ma, se alcuna vedova ha dei figliuoli, o de’ nipoti, imparino essi imprima d’usar pietà inverso que’ di casa loro, e rendere il cambio a’ loro antenati; perciocchè quest’è buono ed accettevole nel cospetto di Dio.

5 Or quella che è veramente vedova, e lasciata sola, spera in Dio, e persevera in preghiere ed orazioni, notte e giorno.