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PART THIRD.
APOSTOLIC PRECEPTS, 1 Timothy 5:1 to 1 Timothy 6:21
1. Supervisory duties to different classes, 1 Timothy 5:1 to 1 Timothy 6:10.
a. To different ages, 1 Timothy 5:1 , 1 Timothy 5:2 , and to beneficiary widows; the elderly, 1 Timothy 5:3-10 , the youngerly, 1 Timothy 5:11-16 .
1. Rebuke Literally, smite; by inferential meaning smite with rebuke.
Elder Whether in office or age. The antithesis with younger shows, that after writing the word Paul extends it specifically to age. Though his youth was not to be allowed to be despised, yet must he treat the aged with the deference due from youth.
Younger… brethren The air and spirit of loving brotherhood should endear him to his coequals.
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