1 Timothy 5:1-2

v1: When speaking God's Word to different members of the church, leaders are to consider their age to determine the most suitable way of doing this.  Older men are to be treated as fathers, with respect shown to them, "for this would be the likeliest way to have an effect on them, to win them over."  Younger men are to be treated as brothers, "with love and tenderness" not with "a desire to harshly point out their faults or start a quarrel."

v2: Leaders are to consider older women as mothers when they rebuke and encourage them with the Scriptures.  Younger women they are to treat as sisters, which means treating them with all purity.  With the temptations that continue to come from the world and the flesh with its sinful nature. this warning continues to be needed.