1 Timothy 5:3
1 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
5 The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Honor the widows who are truly widows.
- KJV
- Honour widows that are widows indeed.
- WEB
- Honor widows who are widows indeed.
- ASV
- Honor widows that are widows indeed.
- DARBY
- Honour widows who are really widows;
- BLB
- Honor widows who [are] truly widows.
- ÅB
- Hedre enker som virkelig er enker!
- OTB
- Vis respekt for enker som virkelig er i nød;
- B1930
- Hedre enker som virkelig er enker!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextActs 6:1
In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 14:29
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Read in contextPsalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
Read in contextPsalms 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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