1 Timothy 5:1-6 ▼

1 Do not sharply reprimand an older man, but appeal to him as [you would to] a father, to younger men as brothers,

2 to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters, in all purity [being careful to maintain appropriate relationships].

3 Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren [who are adults], see to it that these first learn to show great respect to their own family [as their religious duty and natural obligation], and to compensate their parents or grandparents [for their upbringing]; for this is acceptable and pleasing in the sight of God.

5 Now a woman who is really a widow and has been left [entirely] alone [without adequate income] trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

6 Whereas she who lives for pleasure and self-indulgence is spiritually dead even while she still lives.