1 Timothy 5:2
Context5:2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters – with complete purity.
1 Timothy 1:9
Context1:9 realizing that law 1 is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
1 Timothy 5:4
Context5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty 2 toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. 3 For this is what pleases God. 4


[1:9] 1 sn Law. There is no definite article (“the”) with this word in Greek and so the inherent quality of the OT law as such is in view. But the OT law is still in mind, since the types of sinful people surveyed in vv. 9b-11a follow the general outline of sins prohibited in the Decalogue.
[5:4] 1 tn Or “to practice their religion.”
[5:4] 2 tn Or “and so make some repayment to their parents”; Grk “and to give back recompense to their parents.”