but if any widow has children or grandchildren, (A)they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back compensation to their parents; for this is (B)acceptable in the sight of God.

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But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents,(A) for this is pleasing to God.(B)

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For among them are those who [a](A)slip into households and captivate [b](B)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by (C)various impulses,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Timothy 3:6 Or creep into
  2. 2 Timothy 3:6 Or idle

They are the kind who worm their way(A) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

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