Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat <em>him</em> as a father, <em>and</em> the younger men as brethren,
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Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,
2 the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
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Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let those learn first to govern their house in piety and to recompense their parents, for this is honest and pleasing before God.
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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 Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate, trusts in God, and is diligent in supplications and prayers night and day,
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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 she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
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But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
7 Therefore command these things, that they may be blameless.
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Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame.
8 But if any provide not for his own and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 Let a widow be placed on the list being not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
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No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,
10 having a good testimony of good works, if she has brought up <em>well her</em> children, if she has exercised hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
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and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.
11 But the younger widows refuse, for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
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As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.
12 having condemnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
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Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.
13 And reject also the idle, who have learned to wander about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.
14 I desire therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, govern the house, giving no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
15 For some are already turned back after Satan.
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Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.
16 If any faithful man or woman has widows, let them maintain them and let not the <em>congregation</em> {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} be charged, that it may relieve those that are widows indeed.
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If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.
17 Let the elders that govern well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and doctrine.
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The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain. And, The labourer <em>is</em> worthy of his reward.
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For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.”
19 Against an elder do not receive an accusation, unless there are two or three witnesses.
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Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.
20 Those that <em>persist in</em> sin rebuke before all, that the others may also fear.
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But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning.
21 I charge <em>thee</em> 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.
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I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.
22 Lay hands suddenly on no one, neither be partaker of the sins of others; keep thyself pure.
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Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
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Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
24 Some men’s sins are manifest beforehand, before they come unto judgment, but to others they follow after.
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The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them.
25 Likewise also the good works <em>of some</em> are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise cannot be hid.
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In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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