1 Timothy 5:7

7 Teach these things so that the families will be without fault.

1 Timothy 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 5:7

And these things give in charge
Concerning rebuking persons of a different age and sex, and concerning the maintenance of widows; and particularly that children provide for their parents when helpless; and that widows trust in God, and give themselves to prayer and supplication, and not live in sin:

that they may be blameless;
before men, and in the view of the world, and not be chargeable with any notorious crime; though none are without blame in themselves, and before God, but as considered in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 5:7 In-Context

5 A widow who is truly needy and all alone puts her hope in God and keeps on going with requests and prayers, night and day.

6 But a widow who tries to live a life of luxury is dead even while she is alive.

7 Teach these things so that the families will be without fault.

8 But if someone doesn't provide for their own family, and especially for a member of their household, they have denied the faith. They are worse than those who have no faith.

9 Put a widow on the list who is older than 60 years old and who was faithful to her husband.

Footnotes

• [a] Or they