1Tim 5:1 Exhort Men

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Exhort Men

1Tim 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers.

Christians should not speak to elders as they would to little children. This is generally understood in society. While correction is to be applied to every age group, the way in which the correction is applied should differ. Elders are not to be chided as one would children. They are not to be spoken in a condescending manner. Rather they are to be encouraged to walk rightly.

Peter sets the tone saying, "The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock." 1Peter 5:1-3

And this also teaches how those older are to treat those younger.

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