Treatment Of Church Members

[1] Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; [2] The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

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And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.