King James Version (KJV)
1 Timothy 5:2
“The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”
Verse in context — 1 Timothy 5
1
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
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The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4
But 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.
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