A. Pure relationships. 5:1-2
V.1-2 a) Relationships in Christ -
The sound works of respecting the elderly.
I. Paul is now explaining the household and family aspect of the Church. 3:15
II. Its not enough to be an example and know Scripture, but also relating with people is important for leaders in the Church.
A. Treat older men as fathers.
Timothy should exhort and teach the elders but the rebuke them.
B. Treat the younger as brothers.
C. Treat the older women as mothers.
D. Treat the younger women as sisters.
E. The younger women should be treated with purity; many elders has fallen in their relationship with a young women. Not only should a church be known for having the key to heaven and God among them,
but also be known for their love. Loving the fatherless, the poor and the widows - The weak in the society.