7These things also command, that they may be without reproach.


In Context

4 But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

7 These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

8 But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

9 Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

1 Timothy 5:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7and these things charge, that they may be blameless;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.