4but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.


In Context

1 Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren,

2 elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

3 Honour widows who are really widows;

4 but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

6 But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living.

1 Timothy 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But if any widow have children, or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house, and to make a return of duty to her parents: for this is acceptable before God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to shew piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4But if any widow hath 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4But 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.