King James Version (KJV)
1 Timothy 5:4
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Timothy 5
2
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4
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.
5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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