³ ·Take care of [Provide support for; or Honor; Show respect to; ^Cboth honor and financial help are likely in mind] widows who are truly widows. ⁴ But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to ·do their duty to [or practice their piety/godliness toward] their own ·family [household] and to repay their parents or grandparents. [^LFor] That pleases God. ⁵ The true widow, who is all alone, puts her hope in God and continues ·to pray night and day for God’s help [^Lin petitions and prayers night and day]. ⁶ But the widow who ·uses her life to please herself [lives in luxury; is self-indulgent] is really dead while she is alive. ⁷ ·Tell [Command; Instruct] the believers to do these things so that ·no one can criticize them [they may be blameless/above reproach]. ⁸ Whoever does not care for his ·own relatives [^Lown], especially his own family members, has ·turned against [denied; rejected] the faith and is worse than ·someone who does not believe in God [^Lan unbeliever].