1 Timothy 5:2

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

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for 1 Timothy 5:2

The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters with all puritie.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

the older women as mothers, {and} the younger women as sisters, in all purity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- American Standard Version (1901)

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
- Basic English Bible

elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
- Darby Bible

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
- Webster's Bible

the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with perfect modesty.
- Weymouth Bible

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
- World English Bible

aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters -- in all purity;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible Commentary for 1 Timothy 5:2

Wesley's Notes for 1 Timothy 5:2


5:1 Rebuke not - Considering your own youth, with such a severity as would otherwise be proper.

5:3 Honour - That is, maintain out of the public stock.

5:4 Let these learn to requite their parents - For all their former care, trouble, and expense.


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