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"In all purity" does not refer to sexual purity but to the way Timothy admonishes all groups of people, young or old, men or women.
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The same kind of balanced approach is to be used for older and younger women when it is necessary to admonish or encourage them as well. the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity. Younger men, also, are not to be despised because they are younger, but treated as younger brothers. Timothy is reminded that he must maintain respect, even when he has to admonish an older brother or sister in the Lord.
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One could "correct" an older man, but not as one would correct peers. Younger men are not to be rough with the older men, but appeal to them as they would appeal to their fathers. Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, In verses one and two of this chapter, he tempers this instruction by reminding Timothy of the attitude he should have when encouraging others. In the previous chapter, Paul has encouraged Timothy to not let anyone look down on his youth or be afraid to admonish and encourage the congregation. In chapter five, the Apostle addresses various difficult situations that may have been present in the church at that time, and in so doing help today's church deal with similar problems. Paul has also given a profile of the type of men who should serve as elders, deacons and ministers along with several verses describing the ideal character of their wives. He has provided the objective of good leadership which, primarily, is to preserve sound doctrine. In the first four chapters of this letter or book, Paul has focused on leadership issues.