1 Timothy 5:2
Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
What it says
He is to treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
What it is doing
It extends that household pattern across the whole church.
In context
1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. 2Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.