ASV_Strong : 1 Timothy 5
1. Rebuke[G1969] not[G3361] an elder[G4245], but[G235] exhort[G3870] him as[G5613] a father[G3962]; the younger men[G3501] as[G5613] brethren[G80]:
2. the elder women[G4245] as[G5613] mothers[G3384]; the younger[G3501] as[G5613] sisters[G79], in[G1722] all[G3956] purity[G47].
3. Honor[G5091] widows[G5503] that are[G3689] widows[G5503] indeed[G3689].
4. But[G1161] if[G1487] any[G5100] widow[G5503] hath[G2192] children[G5043] or[G2228] grandchildren[G1549], let them learn[G3129] first[G4412] to show piety[G2151] towards their own family[G3624], and[G2532] to[G591] requite[G287] their parents[G4269]: for[G1063] this[G5124] is[G2076] acceptable[G587] in the sight[G1799] of God[G2316].
5. Now[G1161] she that[G3588] is[G3689] a widow[G5503] indeed[G3689], and[G2532] desolate[G3443], hath her hope[G1679] set on[G1909] God[G2316], and[G2532] continueth in[G4357] supplications[G1162] and[G2532] prayers[G4335] night[G3571] and[G2532] day[G2250].
6. But[G1161] she that[G3588] giveth herself to pleasure[G4684] is dead[G2348] while she liveth[G2198].
7. [G2532] These things[G5023] also command[G3853], that[G2443] they may be[G5600] without reproach[G423].
8. But[G1161] if[G1487] any[G5100] provideth[G4306] not[G3756] for[G4306] his own[G2398], and[G2532] specially[G3122] his own household[G3609], he hath denied[G720] the faith[G4102], and[G2532] is[G2076] worse[G5501] than an unbeliever[G571].
9. Let[G2639] none[G3361] be enrolled[G2639] as a widow[G5503] under[G1640] threescore[G1835] years old[G2094], having been[G1096] the wife[G1135] of one[G1520] man[G435],
10. well reported of[G3140] for[G1722] good[G2570] works[G2041]; if[G1487] she hath brought up children[G5044], if[G1487] she hath used hospitality to strangers[G3580], if[G1487] she hath washed[G3538] the saints[G40]' feet[G4228], if[G1487] she hath relieved[G1884] the afflicted[G2346], if[G1487] she hath diligently followed[G1872] every[G3956] good[G18] work[G2041].
11. But[G1161] younger[G3501] widows[G5503] refuse[G3868]: for[G1063] when[G3752] they have waxed wanton against[G2691] Christ[G5547], they desire[G2309] to marry[G1060];
12. having[G2192] condemnation[G2917], because[G3754] they have rejected[G114] their[G3588] first[G4413] pledge[G4102].
13. And[G1161] withal[G260] they learn[G3129] also to be idle[G692], going about[G4022] from house to house[G3614]; and[G1161] not[G3756] only[G3440] idle[G692], but[G235] tattlers[G5397] also[G2532] and[G2532] busybodies[G4021], speaking[G2980] things which[G3588] they ought[G1163] not[G3361].
14. I desire[G1014] therefore[G3767] that[G1060] the younger widows[G3501] marry[G1060], bear children[G5041], rule the household[G3616], give[G1325] no[G3367] occasion[G874] to the adversary[G480] for reviling[G3059]:
15. for[G1063] already[G2235] some[G5100] are[G1624] turned aside[G1624] after[G3694] Satan[G4567].
16. If[G1487] any[G5100, Nahum3, 2228] woman[G4103] that believeth[G4103] hath[G2192] widows[G5503], let her relieve[G1884] them[G846], and[G2532] let[G916] not[G3361] the church[G1577] be burdened[G916]; that[G2443] it may relieve[G1884] them that[G3588] are[G3689] widows[G5503] indeed[G3689].
17. Let[G515] the elders[G4245] that rule[G4291] well[G2573] be counted worthy[G515] of double[G1362] honor[G5092], especially[G3122] those who labor[G2872] in[G1722] the word[G3056] and[G2532] in teaching[G1319].
18. For[G1063] the scripture[G1124] saith[G3004], Thou shalt[G5392] not[G3756] muzzle[G5392] the ox[G1016] when he treadeth out the corn[G248]. And[G2532], The laborer[G2040] is worthy[G514] of his[G846] hire[G3408].
19. Against[G2596] an elder[G4245] receive[G3858] not[G3361] an accusation[G2724], except[G1622] at[G1909] the mouth of two[G1417] or[G2228] three[G5140] witnesses[G3144].
20. Them that sin[G264] reprove[G1651] in the sight[G1799] of all[G3956], that[G2443] the rest[G3062] also[G2532] may[G2192] be in fear[G5401].
21. I charge[G1263] thee in the sight[G1799] of God[G2316], and[G2532, 2962] Christ[G5547] Jesus[G2424], and[G2532] the elect[G1588] angels[G32], that[G2443] thou observe[G5442] these things[G5023] without[G5565] prejudice[G4299], doing[G4160] nothing[G3367] by[G2596] partiality[G4346].
22. Lay[G2007] hands[G5495] hastily[G5030] on[G2007] no man[G3367], neither[G3366] be partaker of[G2841] other men[G245]'s sins[G266]: keep[G5083] thyself[G4572] pure[G53].
23. Be no longer[G3371] a drinker[G5202] of water[G5202], but[G235] use[G5530] a little[G3641] wine[G3631] for[G1223] thy[G4675] stomach[G4751]'s sake[G1223] and[G2532] thine[G4675] often[G4437] infirmities[G769].
24. Some[G5100] men[G444]'s sins[G266] are[G1526] evident[G4271], going before[G4254] unto[G1519] judgment[G2920]; and[G1161] some[G5100] men also they follow after[G1872].
25. In like[G5615] manner also[G2532] there are[G2076] good[G2570] works[G2041] that are[G2192] evident[G4271]; and[G2532] such as are[G2192] otherwise[G247] cannot[G3756] be hid[G2928].
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