One Family in the One True God

How are Christians to treat one another?

How is the Church described in the Scriptures? What is the significance of these descriptions?

What does it mean to rebuke?

Does the command in v.1 (do not rebuke older men) apply to younger men, older women, and younger women?

Are we then to rebuke anyone?

What communal context does 1 Timothy 5:1-2 apply to? Does this apply to every human relationship?

What does Paul command instead of rebuke?

What does it mean to exhort/encourage?

How does Leviticus 19:32 help us to understand this passage in 1 Timothy 5:1-2? By what authority were the Jews to obey in Lev. 19:32?

Compare Titus 2:2 and 6 to 1 Timothy 5:1-2. What similarities do you see? How do Paul's words in Titus 2:2 and 6 help shed more light on 1 Timothy 5:1-2?

What does Paul mean by "with all purity" in v. 2?