1Timothy:5
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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 .
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For some are already turned aside after Satan .
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If any man or woman that believeth have widows ,
let them relieve them ,
and let not the church be charged ;
that it may relieve them that are widows indeed .
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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour ,
especially they who labour in the word and doctrine .
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For the scripture saith ,
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn .
And ,
The labourer is worthy of his reward .
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Against an elder receive not an accusation ,
but before two or three witnesses .
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Them that sin rebuke before all ,
that others also may fear .
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I charge thee before God ,
and the Lord Jesus Christ ,
and the elect angels ,
that thou observe these things without preferring one before another ,
doing nothing by partiality .
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Lay hands suddenly on no man ,
neither be partaker of other men '
s sins :
keep thyself pure .
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Drink no longer water ,
but use a little wine for thy stomach '
s sake and thine often infirmities .
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Some men '
s sins are open beforehand ,
going before to judgment ;
and some men they follow after .
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Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand ;
and they that are otherwise cannot be hid .