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If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:15 ESV

For some have already strayed after Satan.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:14 ESV

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:13 ESV

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:12 ESV

and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:11 ESV

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry

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and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:9 ESV

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:8 ESV

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:7 ESV

Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:6 ESV

but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:5 ESV

She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

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highlighted 1 Timothy 5:4 ESV

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

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