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1 Timothy 5:2

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

KJV

πρεσβυτέρας ὡς μητέρας, νεωτέρας ὡς ἀδελφὰς ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνείᾳ.

Greek NT

anus, ut matres : juvenculas, ut sorores in omni castitate :

Vulgate

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

ASV

Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all chastity.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
νέος
neos
adjective · 23×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀδελφή
adelphe
noun · 26×
ἁγνεία
agneia
noun · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:5 — Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
  • 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
  • 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • John 19:27 — Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
  • Matt 12:50 — For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Matt 12:50 — For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
  • Phil 4:8 — Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
  • Rom 16:1 — I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
  • Rom 16:13 — Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
  • Titus 2:4 — That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,