8But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of his house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.


In Context

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.

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

8 But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of his house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.

9 Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

10 borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

1 Timothy 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But if any man have not care of his own, and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8and if any one for his own — and especially for those of the household — doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.