1 Timothy 5:7

7 And command these [things], in order that they may be irreproachable.

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 But the widow [who is one] truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.

6 But the one who lives for sensual pleasure is dead [even though she] lives.

7 And command these [things], in order that they may be irreproachable.

8 But if someone does not provide for his own [relatives], and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

9 Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,