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Chapter 5 |
| 1 | Rebuke not an
elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; |
| 2 |
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. |
| 3 |
Honour widows that are widows indeed. |
| 4 | But if any widow have children
or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their
parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. |
| 5 | Now she that
is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in
supplications and prayers night and day. |
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6 | But she that liveth in
pleasure is dead while she liveth. |
| 7 | And these things give in
charge, that they may be blameless. |
| 8 | But if any provide not for his
own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel. |
| 9 | Let not a widow be taken into the number
under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. |
| 10 | Well
reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged
strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the
afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. |
| 11 | But the
younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ,
they will marry; |
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12 | Having damnation, because they have cast off their
first faith. |
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13 | And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about
from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not. |
| 14 | I will therefore that the
younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak reproachfully. |
| 15 | For some are already turned
aside after Satan. |
| 16 | If any man or woman that believeth have
widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may
relieve them that are widows indeed. |
| 17 | Let the elders that rule well
be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and
doctrine. |
| 18
| For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
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| 19 | Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three
witnesses. |
| 20
| Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may
fear. |
| 21 |
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before
another, doing nothing by partiality. |
| 22 | Lay hands suddenly on no man,
neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. |
| 23 | Drink no
longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often
infirmities. |
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24 | Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before
to judgment; and some men they follow after. |
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25 | Likewise also the good
works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be
hid. |
