World English Bible
1 Timothy 5:4
“But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.”
Verse in context — 1 Timothy 5
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the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
3
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
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But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
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But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
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