1 Timothy 4:8-5

New International Version

⁸ For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things,^(A) holding promise for both the present life^(B) and the life to come.^{(C) 9} This is a trustworthy saying^(D) that deserves full acceptance. ¹⁰ That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,^(E) who is the Savior of all people,^(F) and especially of those who believe.

¹¹ Command and teach these things.^{(G) 12} Don’t let anyone look down on you^(H) because you are young, but set an example^(I) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith^(J) and in purity. ¹³ Until I come,^(K) devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture,^(L) to preaching and to teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy^(M) when the body of elders^(N) laid their hands on you.^(O)

¹⁵ Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. ¹⁶ Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save^(P) both yourself and your hearers.

Widows, Elders and Slaves

5 Do not rebuke an older man^(Q) harshly,^(R) but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men^(S) as brothers, ² older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

³ Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.^{(T) 4} But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents,^(U) for this is pleasing to God.^{(V) 5} The widow who is really in need^(W) and left all alone puts her hope in God^(X) and continues night and day to pray^(Y) and to ask God for help. ⁶ But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.^{(Z) 7} Give the people these instructions,^(AA) so that no one may be open to blame. ⁸ Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied^(AB) the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.