1 Timothy 5:1-6

1Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,

2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.

3Honor widows who are truly in need.

4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

5But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.