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Treating Persons with Respect in Ways Appropriate to Their Age & Gender

DA60

We are to treat people with respect in ways appropriate to their age and gender

We are to treat people with respect in ways appropriate to their age

We are to treat people with respect in ways appropriate to their gender

Category: Neighbours & Brothers

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • 1 Timothy 5:1-2
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • Ephesians 6:1-4
  • Matthew 19:19
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Deuteronomy 27:16
  • Exodus 20:12
  • Job 29:8
  • Job 32:4-6
  • 2 Kings 2:23-25
  • Leviticus 19:32
  • Proverbs 23:22

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

Although the defined subject of 1 Timothy 5:1-2 is having respect for a person that we are rebuking, 1 Peter 2:17 and others in the Tanakh suggest that its intended application is broader. There are different ways of treating people with respect according to whether the people are older or younger or male or female. Men do not treat women as they do other men, nor do women treat men as they do other women. Similarly, adults do not treat each other as they would children, and children should show respect to adults differently than they do to their peers. Similar regarding those in authority and those subordinate to them. Also, because we are part of God’s family, we have family responsibilities of giving love one to the other. We are therefore to relate to significantly older people as to parents, significantly younger people as to children, and peers as to brothers and sisters.


Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 3

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Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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Disclaimer: the original content is authored by Rabbi Michael Rudolph and Rabbi Daniel Juster; additional notes or implementation details on this website are not part of their original work and do not represent their views.

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