1 Timothy 5
Responsibilities
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Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as
brethren;
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the elder women as mothers; the younger
as sisters, with all purity.
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Honor widows that are widows
indeed.
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But if any widow have children or
nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite
their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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Now she that is a widow indeed, and
desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and
prayers night and day.
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But she that liveth in pleasure is dead
while she liveth.
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And these things give in charge, that
they may be blameless.
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But if any provide not for his own, and
specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and
is worse than an infidel.
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Let not a widow be taken into the
number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one
man,
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well reported of for good works; if she
have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have
washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she
have diligently followed every good work.
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But the younger widows refuse: for when
they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will
marry;
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having damnation, because they have cast
off their first faith.
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And withal they learn to be idle,
wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers
also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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I will therefore that the younger women
marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak reproachfully.
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For some are already turned aside after
Satan.
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If any man or woman that believeth have
widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged;
that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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Let the elders that rule well be
counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the
word and doctrine.
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For the Scripture saith,
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Against an elder receive not an
accusation, but before two or three witnesses. Deut. 17.6 ; 19.15
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Them that sin rebuke before all, that
others also may fear.
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I charge thee before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these
things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by
partiality.
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Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be
partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
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Drink no longer water, but use a little
wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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Some men's sins are open beforehand,
going before to judgment; and some men they follow
after.
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Likewise also the good works of
some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot
be hid.
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