1 Timothy 5:7

7 And command thou this thing [And this thing command thou], that they be without reproof.

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 And she that is a widow verily, and desolate, hope [she] into God, and be busy in beseechings and prayers night and day.

6 For she that is living in delights, is dead [in soul].

7 And command thou this thing [And this thing command thou], that they be without reproof.

8 For if any man hath not care of his own, and most(ly) of his household members, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unfaithful man [and is worse than an unfaithful, or heathen, man].

9 A widow be chosen [into the temple] not less than sixty years, that was wife of one husband,