Chapter 5
5:1 Do not rebuke an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brothers,
1st Timothy
5:2 the elder women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with complete purity.
5:3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.
5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home and to repay their parents. For this is good and acceptable before Elohim.
5:5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in Elohim, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
5:6 But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
5:7 And these things command, that they may be blameless.
5:8 But if any do not care for their own, and especially for those of their own house, they have denied the faith and are worse than unbelievers.
5:9 Do not let a widow be counted unless she is over sixty years old, has been the wife of one man,
5:10 is well attested in good works, if she has brought up children, has lodged strangers, has washed the saints” feet, has relieved the afflicted, and has diligently followed every good work.
5:11 But refuse the younger widows, for when their sensual desires have drawn them away from the Messiah, they want to marry,
5:12 and bring judgment on themselves, because they have cast off their first pledge.
5:13 Besides that, they learn to be idle, and not only idle, wandering around from house to house, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they ought not.
5:14 Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, and give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
5:15 For some have already turned aside after Satan.
5:16 If any believing man or woman has widows, let those assist them. Do not let the Assembly be charged, so that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.
5:17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.
5:18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer is worthy of his reward.”
5:19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except before two or three witnesses.
5:20 Rebuke in the presence of everyone those who sin, that the rest also may fear.
5:21 I command you before Elohim and the Master YASHUWAH the Messiah and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
5:22 Do not lay hands suddenly on anyone, and do not partake of other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
5:23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent illnesses.
5:24 Some men's sins are evident, pointing to judgment, but other men's sins are revealed later.
5:25 Likewise, the good works of some are evident, but those that are not cannot be hidden.