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1 Timothy 5:7-9
New Living Translation
1 Timothy 5:7-9
New Living Translation
7 Give these instructions to the church so that no one will be open to criticism.
8 But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers.
9 A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.[a]
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- 5:9 Greek was the wife of one husband.
1 Timothy 5:7-9
New International Version
1 Timothy 5:7-9
New International Version
7 Give the people these instructions,(A) so that no one may be open to blame. 8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied(B) the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,
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