New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Timothy 5:3-9

3Honor widows who are actually 1widows; 4but if any widow has children or grandchildren, 2they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back compensation to their parents; for this is 3acceptable in the sight of God. 5Now she who is actually a 4widow and has been left alone 5has set her hope on God, and she continues in 6requests and prayers night and day. 6But she who 7indulges herself in luxury is 8dead, even while she lives. 7 9 10Give these instructions as well, so that they may be above reproach. 8But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has 11denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

9A widow is to be 12put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been 13the wife of one man,

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Notes

1. 1 Timothy 5:3 Acts 6:1; 9:39, 41; 1 Tim 5:5, 16 ↩
2. 1 Timothy 5:4 Eph 6:2 ↩
3. 1 Timothy 5:4 1 Tim 2:3 ↩
4. 1 Timothy 5:5 Acts 6:1; 9:39, 41; 1 Tim 5:3, 16 ↩
5. 1 Timothy 5:5 1 Cor 7:34; 1 Pet 3:5 ↩
6. 1 Timothy 5:5 Luke 2:37; 1 Tim 2:1; 2 Tim 1:3 ↩
7. 1 Timothy 5:6 James 5:5 ↩
8. 1 Timothy 5:6 Luke 15:24; 2 Tim 3:6; Rev 3:1 ↩
9. 1 Timothy 5:7 Or Keep commanding ↩
10. 1 Timothy 5:7 1 Tim 4:11 ↩
11. 1 Timothy 5:8 2 Tim 2:12; Titus 1:16; 2 Pet 2:1; Jude 4 ↩
12. 1 Timothy 5:9 1 Tim 5:16 ↩
13. 1 Timothy 5:9 1 Tim 3:2 ↩

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