1 Timothy 5
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1 Timothy 5:3-9

3HonorG5091 widowsG5503 who are actuallyG3689 1widowsG5503; 4but ifG1487 anyG5100 widowG5503 hasG2192 childrenG5043 orG2228 grandchildrenG1549, 2they must firstG4413 learnG3129 to showG2151 properG2151 respectG2151 for their ownG2398 familyG3624 and to giveG591 backG591 compensationG287 to their parentsG4269; for thisG3778 is 3acceptableG587 inG1799 theG1799 sightG1799 ofG1799 GodG2316. 5NowG1161 she who is actuallyG3689 a 4widowG5503 and has been leftG3443 aloneG3443 5has setG1679 her hopeG1679 on GodG2316, and she continuesG4357 in 6requestsG1162 and prayersG4335 nightG3571 and dayG2250. 6But she who 7indulgesG4684 herself inG4684 luxuryG4684 is 8deadG2348, even while she livesG2198. 7910GiveG3853 theseG3778 instructionsG3853 asG2532 wellG2532, soG2443 thatG2443 they may be aboveG423 reproachG423. 8But ifG1487 anyoneG5100 does not provideG4306 for his ownG2398, and especiallyG3122 for thoseG3609 ofG3609 his householdG3609, he has 11deniedG720 the faithG4102 and is worseG5501 than an unbelieverG571.

9A widowG5503 is to be 12putG2639 onG2639 theG2639 listG2639 only if she is not lessG1640 than sixtyG1835 yearsG2094 old, having been 13the wifeG1135 of oneG1520 manG435,

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Notes

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

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