7Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame.
7Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame.
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, too, so that no one may be open to blame.
8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he 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,
5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
5:7And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.
5:7These things also command, that they may be without reproach.
5:7And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.
5:7These things also command, that they may be without reproach.
5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
5:7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
5:7and these things charge, that they may be blameless;
5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.