1 Timothy 5:2
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
In other versions
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
ASV
To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
BBE
elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
DBY
the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
WEB
aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters -- in all purity;
YLT
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
ENG
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
WBT
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
BSB
In context
1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
