1 Timothy 5
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1 Timothy 5:3-9

3Honour widowsG5503 who are really widowsG5503;

4but if any widowG5503 have childrenG5043 or descendants, let them learnG3129 first to beG1510 pious as regards their ownG2398 houseG3624, and to renderG591 a return on their side to [their] parents; for this isG1510 acceptable in the sight of 1GodG2316.

5NowG1161 she who [is] a widowG5503 indeed, and is left alone, has put [her] hopeG1679 in 2GodG2316, and continuesG4357 in supplications and prayersG4335 nightG3571 and dayG2250.

6But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead [while] livingG2198.

7And these thingsG3778 enjoin, that they may beG1510 irreproachable.

8But if any oneG5100 does not provide for his ownG2398, and specially for those of [his] house, he has deniedG720 the faithG4102, and isG1510 worse than the unbelieverG571.

9Let a widowG5503 be put upon the list, being of not less than sixtyG1835 yearsG2094, [having been] wifeG1135 of oneG1520 manG435,

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Timothy 5:4 5.4 Elohim ↩
  2. 2. 1 Timothy 5:5 5.5 Elohim ↩

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