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1 Timothy 5:2

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, bwith all purity.

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

πρεσβυτέρας, ὡς μητέρας· νεωτέρας, ὡς ἀδελφάς, ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνείᾳ.

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1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2 Corinthians 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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the same prudence also is to be used to matrons and aged women.

yea, and to younger women too, considering our relation and equality in Christ.

only as to them, (considering their sex), a further gravity and prudence is to be used, that we give no occasion to lust, or unclean motions.