1 Timothy 5:8
and if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of the household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
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7and charge these things, that they may be blameless;
9A widow—do not let her be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
Cross References
Isaiah 58:7Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, || And bring home the wandering poor, || That you see the naked and cover him, || And do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Matthew 18:17And if he may not hear them, say [it] to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to you as the heathen man and the tax collector.
Luke 12:47And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes,
2 Corinthians 2:15we are a refreshing fragrance to God because of Christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost;
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I do not seek yours, but you, for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children,
2 Timothy 3:5having a form of piety, but having denied its power; and be turning away from these,
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:4-17
Directions Concerning Widows. ( a. d. 64.) 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not… Read the whole commentary →