1 Timothy 5:8

World English Bible

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.

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1 Timothy 5:8 in other translations

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8 · American Standard Version

1 Timothy 5:8 in context

  1. 6But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
  2. 7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
  3. 8But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
  4. 9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
  5. 10being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

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