Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Bible References
Elder
1 Timothy 5:3
Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].
Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven [by believing in Me, and following Me] is My brother and sister and mother.”
John 19:26
So Jesus, seeing His mother, and the disciple whom He loved (esteemed) standing near, said to His mother, “[Dear] woman, look, [here is] your son!”
With
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one look down on [you because of] your youth, but be an example and set a pattern for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in [moral] purity.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God’s word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is admirable and of good repute; if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things [center your mind on them, and implant them in your heart].
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it].
2 Timothy 2:22
Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.