1 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat the younger men as your brothers,
2 the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with all purity.
3 Show respect for widows who really are all alone.
4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn first to carry out their religious duties toward their own family and in this way repay their parents and grandparents, because that is what pleases God.