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1 Timothy 5:4

“But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.”
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2Older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

3Honor the widows who are truly widows.

4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

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