1 Timothy 5:1

Responsibilities toward Others

5¹ Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:1

Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:1-2

(Read 1 Timothy 5:1-2)

Respect must be paid to the dignity of years and place. The younger, if faulty, must be rebuked, not as desirous to find fault with them, but as willing to make the best of them. There is need of much meekness and care in reproving those who deserve reproof.