Parallel Bible results for "1 Timothy 5:1-6"

1 Timothy 5:1-6

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,

2 to older women as mothers, to younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

3 Honor widows who are really widows.

4 If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents; for this is pleasing in God's sight.

5 The real widow, left alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day;

6 but the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

New International Version NIV

1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,

2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.

4 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, for this is pleasing to God.

5 The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.

6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.