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Text -- 1 Timothy 5:1-12 (NET)
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5:1 Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father . Speak to younger men as brothers ,
5:2 older women as mothers , and younger women as sisters – with complete purity .
5:3 Honor widows who are truly in need .
5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren , they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God .
5:5 But the widow who is truly in need , and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day .
5:6 But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives .
5:7 Reinforce these commands , so that they will be beyond reproach .
5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own , especially his own family , he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever .
5:9 No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband ,
5:10 and has a reputation for good works : as one who has raised children , practiced hospitality , washed the feet of the saints , helped those in distress – as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works .
5:11 But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry ,
5:12 and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge .
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NET Notes: 1Ti 5:1 No verb “speak” is stated in this clause, but it continues the sense of the preceding.
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NET Notes: 1Ti 5:9 Or “a woman married only once,” “was devoted solely to her husband” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 T...
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NET Notes: 1Ti 5:11 With a single verb and object, this clause means “pursue sensuous desires in opposition to Christ.”
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