[a]And she that is a widow indeed and left alone, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

[b]But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead, while she liveth.

These things therefore warn them of, that they may be blameless.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:5 The second rule: Let the church have care of such as are widows indeed, that is to say, such as are poor and destitute of help of their own friends, and live godly and religiously.
  2. 1 Timothy 5:6 The third rule: Let widows that live in pleasure, and neglect the care of their own family, be holden and accompted as fallers away from God and his religion, and worse than very infidels.

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