Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
Looking upon him as a father and talk to him as you would a father, entreat him as you would a father. Older people, I think, naturally resent being told by younger people what they ought to do or being rebuked by younger people. So Paul said, Don't rebuke them, entreat him as a father.