1 Timothy 5

1Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;Cross-references: Lev 19:32 · Deut 33:9 · Matt 18:15 · Matt 23:8 · Acts 14:23 · Acts 15:4 · +19 more

2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.Cross-references: Matt 12:50 · John 19:26 · Phil 4:8 · 1Thess 5:22 · 1Tim 4:12 · 1Tim 5:3 · +1 more

3Honor widows who are widows indeed.Cross-references: Ex 20:12 · Deut 10:18 · Deut 14:29 · Deut 16:11 · Deut 16:14 · Deut 27:19 · +21 more

4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.Cross-references: Gen 45:10 · Gen 47:12 · Gen 47:28 · Judg 12:14 · Ruth 2:2 · Ruth 2:18 · +10 more

5Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.Cross-references: Ruth 2:12 · Ps 91:4 · Isa 3:26 · Isa 12:2 · Isa 49:21 · Isa 50:10 · +15 more

6But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.Cross-references: Deut 28:54 · Deut 28:56 · 1Sam 15:32 · 1Sam 25:6 · Job 21:11 · Ps 73:5 · +21 more

7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.Cross-references: 1Tim 1:3 · 1Tim 4:11 · 1Tim 6:17 · 2Tim 4:1 · Titus 1:13 · Titus 2:15

8But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.Cross-references: Gen 30:30 · Isa 58:7 · Matt 7:11 · Matt 18:17 · Luke 11:11 · Luke 12:47 · +11 more

9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,Cross-references: Luke 2:36 · 1Cor 7:10 · 1Cor 7:39 · 1Tim 3:2 · 1Tim 3:12 · 1Tim 5:3 · +2 more

10being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.Cross-references: Gen 18:4 · Gen 19:2 · Gen 24:32 · Lev 25:35 · Ps 119:4 · Isa 1:17 · +33 more

11But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,Cross-references: Deut 32:15 · Isa 3:16 · Hos 13:6 · 1Cor 7:39 · 1Tim 4:3 · 1Tim 5:9 · +4 more

12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.Cross-references: 1Cor 11:34 · Gal 1:6 · James 3:1 · 1Pet 4:17 · Rev 2:4

13Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.Cross-references: Lev 19:16 · Prov 20:19 · Prov 31:27 · Luke 10:7 · Acts 20:20 · Acts 20:30 · +5 more

14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.Cross-references: Gen 18:6 · Gen 18:9 · 2Sam 12:14 · Prov 14:1 · Prov 31:27 · Dan 6:4 · +12 more

15For already some have turned away after Satan.Cross-references: Matt 4:10 · Phil 3:18 · 1Tim 1:20 · 2Tim 1:15 · 2Tim 2:18 · 2Tim 4:10 · +6 more

16If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened, that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.Cross-references: 1Tim 5:3 · 1Tim 5:8

17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.Cross-references: 2Ki 2:9 · Isa 40:2 · Jer 16:18 · Jer 17:18 · Zech 9:12 · Matt 9:37 · +31 more

18For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”Cross-references: Lev 19:13 · Deut 24:14 · Deut 25:4 · Matt 10:10 · Luke 10:7 · Rom 4:3 · +7 more

19Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses.Cross-references: Deut 17:6 · Deut 19:15 · Deut 19:18 · Matt 18:16 · John 8:17 · John 18:29 · +6 more

20Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.Cross-references: Lev 19:17 · Deut 13:11 · Deut 17:13 · Deut 19:20 · Deut 21:21 · Acts 5:5 · +6 more

21I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.Cross-references: Lev 19:15 · Deut 1:7 · Deut 33:9 · Ps 107:43 · Ps 119:34 · Prov 18:5 · +17 more

22Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.Cross-references: Josh 9:14 · Acts 6:6 · Acts 13:3 · Acts 18:6 · Acts 20:26 · Eph 5:11 · +10 more

23Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.Cross-references: Lev 10:9 · Ps 104:15 · Prov 31:4 · Ezek 44:21 · Eph 5:18 · 1Tim 3:3 · +4 more

24Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.Cross-references: Jer 2:34 · Acts 1:16 · Acts 5:1 · Acts 8:18 · Gal 5:19 · 2Tim 4:10 · +1 more

25In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.Cross-references: Ps 37:5 · Prov 10:9 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 6:3 · Luke 11:33 · Acts 9:36 · +6 more