004:010 and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling,
because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God,
who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.
004:011 Command this and teach this.
004:012 Let no one think slightingly of you because you are a young man;
but in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, be an example
for your fellow Christians to imitate.
004:013 Till I come, bestow your attention on reading,
exhortation and teaching.
004:014 Do not be careless about the gifts with which you are endowed,
which were conferred on you through a divine revelation
when the hands of the elders were placed upon you.
004:015 Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them;
so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
004:016 Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching.
Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make
certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.
005:001 Never administer a sharp reprimand to a man older than yourself;
but entreat him as if he were your father, and the younger
men as brothers;
005:002 the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters,
with perfect modesty.
005:003 Honour widows who are really in need.
005:004 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn
first to show piety towards their own homes and to prove
their gratitude to their parents; for this is well pleasing
in the sight of God.
005:005 A widow who is really in need, friendless and desolate,
has her hopes fixed on God, and continues at her supplications
and prayers, night and day;