Author: J. N. Darby

1 Timothy 5 – Bible

5 Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort [him] as a father, younger [men] as brethren,

2 elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

3 Honour widows who are really widows;

4 but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to [their] parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5 Now she who [is] a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put [her] hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. ...  ... read full writing

1 Timothy 6 – Synopsis

The apostle then goes equally into detail with regard to servants, that is, slaves. They were to respect their masters, in order that the doctrine of the Lord should not be blasphemed. When the masters were believers, there was naturally more familiarity, for they were one in Christ, and thence the danger (for the flesh is crafty) that the servants might not treat their masters with the respect due to them. The apostle guards against this abuse of christian love, and of the just intimacy and confidence which ought to exist between brethren; but which, on the contrary, was a motive for the servant to render all honour to his master, by treating him with more love and with the same respect. ...  ... read full writing