1 Timothy 5:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not rebuke an elder, but appeal to him as a father; and the younger men as brothers;

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  • Lev 19:32 : 32 You shall rise before the gray-headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:
  • 1 Tim 5:19-20 : 19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. 20 Those who sin rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.
  • Titus 2:2 : 2 That the older men be sober, dignified, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  • Titus 1:5-6 : 5 For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you— 6 If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
  • Matt 18:15-17 : 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.
  • Matt 23:8 : 8 But do not be called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, the Christ; and all you are brethren.
  • Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.
  • Acts 15:4 : 4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.
  • Acts 15:6 : 6 And the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.
  • Acts 20:17 : 17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
  • 2 Tim 2:24-25 : 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
  • Phlm 1:9-9 : 9 Yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains:
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
  • Jas 5:14 : 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
  • 2 John 1:1 : 1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who have known the truth.
  • 3 John 1:1 : 1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
  • Rev 4:4 : 4 Around the throne were twenty-four seats, and upon the seats I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and they had crowns of gold on their heads.

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    2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

    3Honor widows who are truly widows.

    4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God.

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    1The elders among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

    2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

    3Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

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    5Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

    6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time:

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    2That the older men be sober, dignified, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

    3The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;

    4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

    6Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.

  • 1 Tim 5:19-20
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    19Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

    20Those who sin rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.

  • Eph 6:4-5
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    4And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

    5Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

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    15Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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    14Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

  • 1 Thess 5:11-15
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    11Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also do.

    12And we urge you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

    13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

    14Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

    15See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone; but always pursue what is good, both for yourselves and for all.

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    17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

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    11These things command and teach.

    12Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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    15Speak these things, and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

  • Heb 12:5
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    5And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him:

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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

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    21Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

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    10With us are both the gray-headed and very aged men, much older than your father.

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    32You shall rise before the gray-headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

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    5For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—

    6If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

    7For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money;

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    17Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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    9Do not let a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

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    22Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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    19Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back;

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    11But refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

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    6Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

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    11As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his children,

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    7And these things command, that they may be blameless.

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    8Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

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    1It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife.

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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

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    1Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children;

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    9Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;

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    1Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.