You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers;
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
DO NOT sharply censure or rebuke an older man, but entreat and plead with him as [you would with] a father. Treat younger men like brothers;
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
Don’t correct an older man, but encourage him like he’s your father; treat younger men like your brothers,