1 Timothy 5:1

Instructions about Specific Groups

5:1 Do not address an older man harshly ¹  but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, ² 

1 Timothy 5:19

5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. ³ 

¹ tn Or “Do not speak harshly to an older man.”

² tn No verb “speak” is stated in this clause, but it continues the sense of the preceding.

³ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6, 19:15.