elder: 1 Timothy 5:3, Matthew 12:50, John 19:26, John 19:27 with: 1 Timothy 4:12, Philippians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, 2 Timothy 2:22 Reciprocal: Matthew 23:9 - call Romans 16:1 - our Romans 16:13 - his 1 Corinthians 9:5 - a sister 2 Corinthians 6:6 - pureness Titus 2:4 - the 1 Peter 1:22 - a pure read more
2. Mothers So that all these successive terms of relation render the Church a holy family. All purity A caution of momentous importance to all young ministers. Toward these sisters of his own age an avoidance of coquetries, familiar freedoms, is due to his own position as a minister. Sad experiences have shown the folly and guilt of neglecting here a safe reserve. The widows first awakened the Jerusalem Church to the need of sub-apostolic organization, (Acts 6:1-6,) and called the ... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:2
2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. Ver. 2. With all purity ] Not with some only, but "with all purity," for fear of the worst, εν παση αγνεια : and lest any impure motion therewhile creep into the heart unawares. The souls of ministers should be purer than the sunbeams, saith Chrysostom. They are by their office the lights of the world: let no snuff abide in them, they are fullones animarum, fullers of men’s souls, to make and keep them white; let them... read more