1 Timothy 5:5

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.

1 Timothy 5:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
ESV
5 She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,
NLT
5 Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help.
MSG
5 You can tell a legitimate widow by the way she has put all her hope in God, praying to him constantly for the needs of others as well as her own.
CSB
5 The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers;

1 Timothy 5:5 In-Context

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.
7 Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame.

Cross References 3

  • 1. ver 3,16
  • 2. 1 Corinthians 7:34; 1 Peter 3:5
  • 3. Luke 2:37; S Romans 1:10
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