1 Timothy 5:3 “Honor the widows who are truly widows.”

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor the widows who are truly widows.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

World English Bible

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

American Standard Version

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

Geneva Bible 1599

Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.

Darby Translation

Honour widows who are really widows;

Young's Literal Translation

honour widows who are really widows;

Bible in Basic English

Give honour to widows who are truly widows.

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Cross references

“Honour”

Exodus 20:12 Matthew 15:6 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Peter 2:17 1 Peter 3:7 1 Timothy 5:2

Exodus 20:12 · BSB

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Matthew 15:6 · BSB

he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

1 Thessalonians 2:6 · BSB

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

1 Peter 2:17 · BSB

Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

1 Peter 3:7 · BSB

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

1 Timothy 5:2 · BSB

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

“widows”

Deuteronomy 27:19 Deuteronomy 10:18 Deuteronomy 14:29 Acts 6:1 Deuteronomy 16:11 Deuteronomy 16:14

Deuteronomy 27:19 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 10:18 · BSB

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 14:29 · BSB

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work…

Acts 6:1 · BSB

In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Deuteronomy 16:11 · BSB

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the fore…

Deuteronomy 16:14 · BSB

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

“indeed”

1 Timothy 5:9–11 Luke 2:37 1 Timothy 5:4 1 Timothy 5:5 1 Timothy 5:16 John 1:47

1 Timothy 5:9–11 · BSB

A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

Luke 2:37 · BSB

and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

1 Timothy 5:4 · BSB

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:5 · BSB

The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

1 Timothy 5:16 · BSB

If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.

John 1:47 · BSB

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

Also

Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

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