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Talk to younger men as if they were your brothers, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>older women as if they were your mothers, and younger women as if they were your sisters, while keeping yourself morally pure.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Honor widows who have no families. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The children or grandchildren of a widow must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents. This is pleasing in God's sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A widow who has no family has placed her confidence in God by praying and asking for his help night and day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Insist on these things so that widows will have good reputations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If anyone doesn't take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the Christian faith and is worse than an unbeliever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Any widow who had only one husband and is at least 60 years old should be put on your list [of widows]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>People should tell about the good things she has done: raising children, being hospitable, taking care of believers' needs, helping the suffering, or always doing good things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Don't include younger widows [on your list]. Whenever their natural desires become stronger than their devotion to Christ, they'll want to marry. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They condemn themselves by rejecting the Christian faith, the faith they first accepted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>At the same time, they learn to go around from house to house since they have nothing else to do. Not only this, but they also gossip and get involved in other people's business, saying things they shouldn't say. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So I want younger widows to marry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Some of them have already turned away to follow Satan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If any woman is a believer and has relatives who are widows, she should help them. In this way the church is not burdened and can help widows who have no families.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Give double honor to spiritual leaders who handle their duties well. This is especially true if they work hard at teaching the word [of God]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>After all, Scripture says, "Never muzzle an ox when it is threshing grain," and "The worker deserves his pay." <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Don't pay attention to an accusation against a spiritual leader unless it is supported by two or three witnesses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Reprimand those leaders who sin. Do it in front of everyone so that the other leaders will also be afraid.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I solemnly call on you in the sight of God, Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels to be impartial when you follow what I've told you. Never play favorites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Don't be in a hurry to place your hands on anyone [to ordain him]. Don't participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Stop drinking only water. Instead, drink a little wine for your stomach because you are frequently sick.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The sins of some people are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment. The sins of others follow them there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>In the same way, the good things that people do are obvious, and those that aren't obvious can't remain hidden.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. 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