1 Timothy 5:3–10

³Honor widows who are ^awidows indeed;

⁴but if any widow has children or grandchildren, ^athey must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to ¹make some return to their parents; for this is ^bacceptable in the sight of God.

⁵Now she who is a ^awidow indeed and who has been left alone, ^bhas fixed her hope on God and continues in ^centreaties and prayers night and day.

⁶But she who ^agives herself to wanton pleasure is ^bdead even while she lives.

^71aPrescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

⁸But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has ^adenied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹A widow is to be ^aput on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been ^bthe wife of one man,

¹⁰having a reputation for ^agood works; and if she has brought up children, if she has ^bshown hospitality to strangers, if she ^chas washed the ¹saints’ feet, if she has ^dassisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.