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older women as mothers, younger women as sisters in all purity.

Provide Church Support For Real Widows Attested By Faith And Good Works

Be honoring widows— the real[a] widows. Now if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to reverence[b] their own household and to give-back a return to their ancestors. For this is acceptable[c] in the sight of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:3 As seen next, Paul means widows dependent on God alone in contrast to those with relatives, or whose character has not demonstrated a relationship to God or His family, or who are of marriageable age.
  2. 1 Timothy 5:4 That is, treat with reverence, show devotion to, respect.
  3. 1 Timothy 5:4 Or, pleasing.

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