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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Timothy 5 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_timothy/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_timothy/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > 1 Timothy 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_timothy/4.htm" title="1 Timothy 4">◄</a> 1 Timothy 5 <a href="../1_timothy/6.htm" title="1 Timothy 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>DO not rebuke an elder, but treat him as a father, and the younger men as your brothers; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>And the elder women treat as mothers, and the younger as your sisters, with all purity.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Honor widows who are widows indeed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And if any of the widows have children, or grandchildren, let them know that aid should be first sought from those of their own household so that the children have the opportunity to repay their obligations to their parents: for this is acceptable before God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Now she who is indeed a widow and destitute, trusts in God, and is constant in prayers and supplications both night and day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>But she who lives wholly for pleasure is dead while she lives. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Continually charge them with these things, so that they may be blameless. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>But, if any man does not provide for his own, and especially for those who are of his own household who are of the faith, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>When you select a worthy widow to help, select therefore one who is not less than three score years, who has been the wife of one man only, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>And well spoken of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has comforted the distressed, if she has been diligent in every good work. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>But refuse the younger widows: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>Their judgment awaits them because they have been untrue to their first faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And with it all, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only to be idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>I would, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage their own households, and give no occasion to the adversary for disdain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>For, as conditions are now, some have already strayed after Satan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>If any believers, either man or woman, have widows in their families, let them feed them, and do not let them be a burden on the congregation, so that the church may have enough for those who are widows indeed.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Let the elders who minister well be esteemed worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>For the scripture says: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that thresheth. And again, The laborer is worthy of his hire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by the testimony of two or three witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Those who sin, rebuke in the presence of all men, that others also may fear.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>I adjure you before God and our LORD Jesus Christ, and his elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not lay hands hastily on any man, neither be a partaker of other men’s sins; keep yourself pure.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>Do not drink water in excess, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake, and because of your frequent illnesses.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>There are men whose crimes are well known and the notoriety of them precedes them to the house of judgment, and there are others, the notoriety of whose crimes follows after them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>Likewise also the fame of the good works of some is well known beforehand; and if their acts are otherwise, they cannot be hidden either.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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