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

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.