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1 Timothy 5:5–6

She gwho is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and hcontinues in supplications and prayers night and day, but ishe who is self-indulgent is jdead even while she lives.

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1 Timothy 5:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help. But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

The true widow, who is all alone, puts her hope in God and continues to pray night and day for God’s help. But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is alive.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A widow who has no family has placed her confidence in God by praying and asking for his help night and day. But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers; however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day; but the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

But the widow who is one truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day. But the one who lives for sensual pleasure is dead even though she lives.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The widow who really needs help and is left all alone puts her hope in God. Night and day she keeps on praying. Night and day she asks God for help. But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still living.

1 Timothy 5:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.


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