1 Timothy 5:3

5:3 Honor ¹  widows who are truly in need. ² 

1 Timothy 6:19

6:19 In this way they will save up ³  a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation ⁴  for the future and so lay hold of ⁵  what is truly life.

1 Timothy 5:5

5:5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, ⁶  has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

1 Timothy 5:16

5:16 If a believing woman ⁷  has widows in her family, ⁸  let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need. ⁹ 

[5:3]  ¹ sn The word honor here carries the double meaning of respect and financial support. This Greek word can imply both senses, and both are intended in this context.

[5:3]  ² tn Grk “the real widows,” “those who are really widows.”

[6:19]  ³ tn Grk “saving up” (the continuation of 6:18). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 19.

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “treasuring up a good foundation.”

[6:19]  ⁵ tn Grk “that they may lay hold of.”

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Or “left all alone.”

[5:16]  ⁷ tc Most witnesses (D Ψ Ï sy) have πιστὸς ἤ (pisto" h) before πιστή (pisth), with the resultant meaning “if a believing man or woman.” But such looks to be a motivated reading, perhaps to bring some parity to the responsibilities of men and women listed here, and as a way of harmonizing with v. 4. Further, most of the earliest and best witnesses (א A C F G P 048 33 81 1175 1739 1881 co) lack the πιστὸς ἤ, strengthening the preference for the shorter reading.

[5:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “has widows.”

[5:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “the real widows,” “those who are really widows.”