1 Timothy 5:1

1 seniorem ne increpaveris sed obsecra ut patrem iuvenes ut fratres

1 Timothy 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 Timothy 5:1 In-Context

1 seniorem ne increpaveris sed obsecra ut patrem iuvenes ut fratres

2 anus ut matres iuvenculas ut sorores in omni castitate

3 viduas honora quae vere viduae sunt

4 si qua autem vidua filios aut nepotes habet discant primum domum suam regere et mutuam vicem reddere parentibus hoc enim acceptum est coram Deo

5 quae autem vere vidua est et desolata speravit in Deum et instat obsecrationibus et orationibus nocte ac die