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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 ESV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" 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but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Honor widows who are truly widows. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or a woman of one man">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For some have already strayed after Satan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, <span class="woc">“The laborer deserves his wages.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>a woman of one man</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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