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1 Timothy 5:4

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But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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1 Timothy 5:4 in other translations

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:4 · World English Bible

1 Timothy 5:4 in context

  1. 2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
  2. 3Honor widows that are widows indeed.
  3. 4But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
  4. 5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
  5. 6But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

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