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


In Context

4 But 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.

5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

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

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

9 Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.