1 Timothy 5:4
2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
3 Honor the widows who are truly widows.
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.
6 But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
- WEB
- But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
- ASV
- But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
- DARBY
- but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to [their] parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
- BLB
- But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to be devout first to [their] own household and to give back recompense to parents, for this is acceptable before God.
- ÅB
- Men har en enke barn eller barnebarn, da skal disse først lære å vise sin gudsfrykt mot sin egen slekt og gi sine foreldre vederlag; for dette er tekkelig i Guds øyne.
- OTB
- men hvis en enke har barn eller barnebarn, må de lære å vise respekt for sitt eget hus og gi noe tilbake til sine foreldre; for dette er akseptabelt i Guds øyne.
- B1930
- Men har en enke barn eller barnebarn, da skal disse først lære å vise sin gudsfrykt mot sin egen slekt og gi sine foreldre vederlag; for dette er tekkelig i Guds øine.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:1–3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read in contextJohn 19:26–27
When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
Read in contextMatthew 15:4–6
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
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Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
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But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
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You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
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Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
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