1 Timothy 5:16
14 So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
15 For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
17 Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
18 For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
- KJV
- If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
- WEB
- If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened, that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.
- ASV
- If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it mat relieve them that are widows indeed.
- DARBY
- If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those [that are] widows indeed.
- BLB
- If any believing [woman] has widows, let her give relief to them, and let the church not be burdened, so that it may give relief to those truly widows.
- ÅB
- Dersom noen troende mann eller kvinne har enker, da skal de sørge for dem og ikke la dem falle menigheten til byrde, for at den kan sørge for de virkelige enker.
- OTB
- Hvis noen kvinne som er en troende har avhengige enker, må hun hjelpe dem og kirken må ikke bli belastet, slik at den kan hjelpe dem som virkelig er enker.
- B1930
- Dersom nogen troende mann eller kvinne har enker, da skal de sørge for dem og ikke la dem falle menigheten til byrde, forat den kan sørge for de virkelige enker.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 5:3–5
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
Read in context1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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