1 Timothy 5:1
King James Version (KJV)
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
World English Bible (WEB)
Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;
1 Timothy 5:1 Cross References
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
