1 Timothy 5:2 (BSB)

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

From 1 Timothy 5. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:2

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5:1-25: CHAPTER 5 1 Timothy 5:1-4 1. Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 1. Seniorem ne aspere objurges sed hortare ut patrem, juniores ut fratres; 2. The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 2. Mulieres natu grandiores, ut matres; juniores, ut sorores, cum omni castitate. 3. Honour widows that are widows indeed. 3.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:1-2: Here the apostle gives rules to Timothy, and in him to other ministers, in reproving. Ministers are reprovers by office; it is a part, though the least pleasing part, of their office; they are to preach the word, to reprove and rebuke, Ti2 4:2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 1 Timothy 5:2: The elder women as mothers,.... When they offend in any point, they are to be reasoned, and argued, and pleaded with, as children should with their mothers; see Hos 2:2 and are to be considered as mothers in Israel, and to be treated with great tenderness and respect.
• Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on 1 Timothy 5:2: Verse 2. The elder women as mothers. Showing still the same respect for age, and for the proprieties of life. No son who had proper feelings would rebuke his own mother with severity. Let the minister of religion evince the same feelings if he is called to address a "mother in Israel" who has erred. The younger as sisters. With the feelings which you have toward a sister.