Bible
1 Timothy 5:1-12 (TNIV)
Topics in Book | Outline of Book | Facts About Book | Commentary | Parallel Verse
NET | AMP | NIV | NIV-2010 | NASB | TNIV | NIRV | ESV | KJV | ASV | RSV | Good News | NLT | CEV | Basic | MSG | Spanish | French
Previous Chapter | Previous Verse | Whole Chapter | Next Verse | Next Chapter
1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. 3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. 5 The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. 6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. 7 Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame. 8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 9 No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, 10 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord's people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds. 11 As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry. 12 Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.
This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 1) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Do not rebuke an older man harshly
(v. 2) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Treat younger women as sisters, with absolute purity
(v. 4) Pleasing God - Caring for your family pleases God
(v. 4) Family / Marriage / Husband / Wife - Caring for your family pleases God
(v. 8) Giving / Contribution - Not giving to family, worst than an unbeliever
(v. 8) Family / Marriage / Husband / Wife - Not giving to family, worst than an unbeliever
(v. 12) Laziness - Bring judgment on themselves - habit of being idle
(v. 12) Speaking / Gossip / Lying / Slander - Bring judgment on themselves - saying things they ought not to
This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 2) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 3) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 4) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 5) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 6) Mind of Christ - About Self (part II) (2011-07-16)
(v. 6) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 7) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 7) Jesus with People - Grateful Son (2009-01-18)
(v. 8) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 8) Raising Awesome Kids - Provision and Protection (2008-11-23)
(v. 8) Daughter Needs - Sugar Daddy (2011-08-06)
(v. 8) Jesus with People - Grateful Son (2009-01-18)
(v. 9) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 10) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 11) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
(v. 12) Day 7 - The Family of God (2011-12-10)
