Male-female friendships are certainly complex. In order to promote a better understanding I’ve included a discussion on the subject, let me know what you think.
Can Men and Women Just be Friends?
Summary of Bethel Singles Bible study and discussion.
I Timothy 5:1-2
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
1) How does Paul ask us to treat each other in this passage?
-like family, appropriate to age and sex
-with absolute purity
2) Why might this be difficult?
-sexual attraction
-some may have grown up in dysfunctional families, lacking proper role modeling
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