1 Timothy 5:2-4

The Voice

² elderly women as mothers, and younger women as sisters in all purity.

³ Honor widows, but be discerning about which ones are truly widows. ⁴ If any widow has children or grandchildren, then go to the descendants first and teach them that it is their spiritual responsibility to care for their own family, to repay their parents and grandparents because this is what pleases God.