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

Honor widows who are (A)widows indeed; but if any widow has children or grandchildren, (B)they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to [a]make some return to their parents; for this is (C)acceptable in the sight of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:4 Lit give back recompenses