1 Timothy 5:3-8

Christian Standard Bible

The Support of Widows

³ Support^[a] widows^(A) who are genuinely in need. ⁴ But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God. ⁵ The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God^(B) and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers; ⁶ however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.^{(C) 7} Command this also, so that they will be above reproach. ⁸ But if anyone does not provide^(D) for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith^(E) and is worse than an unbeliever.