Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

不可严责老年人，只要劝他如同父亲；劝少年人如同弟兄；

不可严责老年人，要劝他如同父亲。要待年轻人如同弟兄，

不可严责老年人，要劝他如同父亲。要待年轻人如同弟兄，

不要斥责年长的，要像对待父亲一样劝他们；对待青年男子要情同手足；

不要严厉责备老年人，却要劝他好像劝父亲；劝青年人好像劝弟兄；

不要严厉责备年长的人，而要劝他像劝父亲那样；对年轻的人要像对兄弟那样；

不可嚴責老年人，只要勸他如同父親；勸少年人如同弟兄；

不可嚴責老年人，要勸他如同父親。要待年輕人如同弟兄，

不可嚴責老年人，要勸他如同父親。要待年輕人如同弟兄，

不要斥責年長的，要像對待父親一樣勸他們；對待青年男子要情同手足；

不要嚴厲責備老年人，卻要勸他好像勸父親；勸青年人好像勸弟兄；

不可嚴厲斥責老年人，只要勸他像父親，勸年輕人像弟兄，

不要嚴厲責備年長的人，而要勸他像勸父親那樣；對年輕的人要像對兄弟那樣；

毋斥耆老、惟勸之如父、幼者如弟、

不可斥耆老、惟諫之如父、待幼如弟、

勿斥耆老、惟諫之如父、勸幼者如弟、

對長者毋嚴加斥責、但婉勸之、如諫父焉。勸青年人如勸兄弟、

Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,

Correct an older man in a way that shows respect. Make an appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as if they were your brothers.

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, and to the younger men as brothers,

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat[ him] as a father;[ and] the younger men as brethren;

Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

‘ You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for“ God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded,

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.

that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

“ Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that‘ by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

But you, do not be called‘ Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

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:

And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,

So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.But when I saw that they were not straight forward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all,“ If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you—if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they reported all things that God had done with them.

Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

(niv)

yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul— an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—that I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. (niv)

Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. (niv)

Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. (niv)

He said of his father and mother,‘ I have no regard for them.’ He did not recognize his brothers or acknowledge his own children, but he watched over your word and guarded your covenant. (niv)

The apostles and elders met to consider this question. (niv)

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. (niv)

From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. (niv)