1Timothy:5:1-14-16-21
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Rebuke not an elder ,
but intreat him as a father ;
and the younger men as brethren ;
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The elder women as mothers ;
the younger as sisters ,
with all purity .
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Honour widows that are widows indeed .
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But 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 .
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Now she that is a widow indeed ,
and desolate ,
trusteth in God ,
and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day .
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But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth .
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And these things give in charge ,
that they may be blameless .
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But 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 .
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Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old ,
having been the wife of one man ,
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Well reported of for good works ;
if she have brought up children ,
if she have lodged strangers ,
if she have washed the saints '
feet ,
if she have relieved the afflicted ,
if she have diligently followed every good work .
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But the younger widows refuse :
for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ ,
they will marry ;
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Having damnation ,
because they have cast off their first faith .
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And withal they learn to be idle ,
wandering about from house to house ;
and not only idle ,
but tattlers also and busybodies ,
speaking things which they ought not .
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I will therefore that the younger women marry ,
bear children ,
guide the house ,
give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully .