5:1 Do not address an older man harshly1 but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,25:2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.
[5:1]1tn Or “Do not speak harshly to an older man.”
[5:1]2tn No verb “speak” is stated in this clause, but it continues the sense of the preceding.