1 Timothy 5:1

Timothy should not harshly rebuke an older man but appeal to him as a father. It calls for respectful, family-like correction within the church.

Cross-references · 25

• Lev 19:32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
• 1 Pet 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Titus 2:2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
• Gal 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
• 1 Pet 5:1As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
• Matt 23:8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
• Titus 2:6In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
• 1 Tim 5:19–20Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Matt 18:15–17If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
• 1 Tim 5:17Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
• 2 Tim 2:24–25And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
• Titus 1:5–6The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
• Gal 2:11–14When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
• Rom 13:7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
• Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
• Deut 33:9He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
• Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
• Acts 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
• Acts 20:17From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
• 3 Jn 1:1The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:
• Phlm 1:9–10I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
• Rev 4:4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.
• 2 Jn 1:1The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—
• Jas 5:14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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