1 Timothy 5:7
5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.
- KJV
- And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
- WEB
- Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
- ASV
- These things also command, that they may be without reproach.
- DARBY
- And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.
- BLB
- Also command these things, so that they may be above reproach.
- ÅB
- Og dette skal du befale, for at de kan være ulastelige.
- OTB
- Gi også disse instruksjonene, slik at de kan være uangripelige.
- B1930
- Og dette skal du byde, forat de kan være ulastelige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 4:11
These things command and teach.
Read in contextTitus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:1
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Read in contextTitus 1:13
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Read in context1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
Read in context1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Read in context