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 6:2

6:2 But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect ³  because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. ⁴ 

Summary of Timothy’s Duties

Teach them and exhort them about these things. ⁵ 

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 tn Or “think the less of them”; Grk “despise them,” “look down on them.”

⁴ tn Or “those who devote themselves to service are faithful and dearly loved” (referring to slaves who serve them).

⁵ tn Grk “these things teach and exhort.”