1 Timothy 5

^aRebuke not ^ban elder, but intreat him as a father; and ^bbthe younger men as brethren; ²the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all ^cpurity. ³Honour widows ^dthat are widows indeed. ⁴But if any widow have children or ^enephews, let them learn first ^fto shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: ^gfor that is good and acceptable before God. ⁵Now ^dshe that is a widow indeed, and desolate, ^htrusteth in God, and ⁱcontinueth in supplications and prayers ^jnight and day. ⁶But she that liveth in pleasure ^kis dead while she liveth. ⁷And ^lthese things give in charge, that they may be ^mblameless. ⁸But if any provide not for ⁿhis own, and specially for ^othose of his own house, he hath ^pdenied the faith, and is worse than ^qan infidel. ⁹Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, ^rhaving been the wife of one man, ^10swell reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have ^tlodged strangers, if she have ^uwashed the saints’ feet, if she have ^vrelieved the afflicted, if she have ^wdiligently followed every ^xgood work. ¹¹But the younger widows ^yrefuse: for when they have begun to ^zwax wanton against Christ, ^athey will marry; ¹²having damnation, because they have ^bcast off their first faith. ¹³And withal they learn to be idle, ^cwandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but ^dtattlers also and ^ebusybodies, speaking things which they ought not. ¹⁴I will therefore ^fthat the younger women marry, bear children, ^gguide the house, ^hgive none ⁱoccasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. ¹⁵For some are already ^jturned aside after ^kSatan. ¹⁶If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them ^lrelieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may ^lrelieve ^mthem that are widows indeed.

¹⁷Let ⁿthe elders ^othat rule well ^pbe counted worthy of ^qdouble ^rhonour, especially they who labour in the word and ^sdoctrine. ¹⁸For ^tthe scripture saith, ^uThou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, ^wThe labourer is worthy of his reward. ¹⁹Against ⁿan elder receive not an accusation, but ^xbefore two or three witnesses. ²⁰Them that sin ^yrebuke ^zbefore all, ^athat others also may fear. ^21bcI charge thee ^cbefore God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, ^ddoing nothing by partiality. ^22eLay hands ^eesuddenly on no man, neither ^fbe partaker of other men’s sins: ^gkeep thyself pure. ²³Drink no longer water, but use ^ha little wine ⁱfor thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. ²⁴Some men’s ^jsins are ^kopen beforehand, ^lgoing before to judgment; and some men they follow after. ²⁵Likewise also the good works of some are ^kmanifest beforehand; and ^mthey that are otherwise cannot be hid.

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