1 Timothy 5:3 immediately follows, expanding the honor from older women to the specific case of widows — a direct continuation of the same instruction.

In 1 Timothy 4:12, Paul includes 'purity' among qualities Timothy should exemplify — reinforcing the same virtue required in 5:2.

In 2 Timothy 2:22, Paul tells Timothy to flee youthful passions and pursue a pure heart — directly connected to treating younger women as sisters in all purity.

Romans 16:13 calls a woman 'a mother to me' — a real-life example of the relationship Paul instructs Timothy to have with older women.

Titus 2:4 instructs older women to train younger ones — complementing Paul's command here to treat younger women as sisters in purity.

Matthew 12:50 redefines family as those who do God’s will — the same spiritual kinship that underlies calling older women 'mothers' in 1 Timothy.