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older women like mothers, and younger women like sisters, with absolute purity.

Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.[a] But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God’s sight.

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  1. 1 Timothy 5:3 Lit. who are really widows