NET Bible
"older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters– with complete purity."
— 1 Timothy 5:2, NET Bible
“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
“the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity. ”
“the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.”
“Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.”
“To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.”
“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
Instructions about Specific Groups Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters– with complete purity.
Honor widows who are truly in need.
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.
But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.