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1 Timothy 5

Common English Bible CEB

1 Don't correct an older man, but encourage him like he's your father; treat younger men like your brothers,

2 treat older women like your mother, and treat younger women like your sisters with appropriate respect.

3 Take care of widows who are truly needy.

4 But if a particular widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to respect their own family and repay their parents, because this pleases God.

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.

10 She should have a reputation for doing good: raising children, providing hospitality to strangers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those in distress, and dedicating herself to every kind of good thing.

11 But don't accept younger widows for the list. When their physical desires distract them from Christ, they will want to get married.

12 Then they will be judged for setting aside their earlier commitment.

13 Also, they learn to be lazy by going from house to house. They are not only lazy, but they also become gossips and busybodies, talking about things they shouldn't.

14 So I want younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes so that they won't give the enemy any reason to slander us. (

15 Some have already turned away to follow Satan.)

16 If any woman who is a believer has widows in her family, she should take care of them and not burden the church, so that it can help other widows who are truly needy.

17 Elders who lead well should be paid double, especially those who work with public speaking and teaching.

18 The scripture says, Don't put a muzzle on an ox while it treads grain, and Workers deserve their pay.

19 Don't accept an accusation made against an elder unless it is confirmed by two or three witnesses.

20 Discipline those who are sinning in front of everyone so that all the others will be afraid.

21 I charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to follow these practices without bias, and without playing favorites.

22 Don't rush to commission anyone to leadership, and don't participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure.

23 Don't drink water anymore, but use a little wine because of your stomach problems and your frequent illnesses.

24 The sins of some people are obvious, and the sins are judged before the people must face judgment, but the sins of other people show up later.

25 In the same way, the good that people do is also obvious and can't be hidden.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

3 Honor widows who are truly widows.

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

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,

6 but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

7 Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

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

9 Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

10 and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

11 But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry

12 and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.

13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

14 So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

15 For some have already strayed after Satan.

16 If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain, ” and, “The laborer deserves his wages. ”

19 Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

20 As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

21 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.

22 Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

23 (No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. )

24 The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.

25 So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.