Chapter 5
1st Timothy
5:1 Do not rebuke an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brothers;
5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
5:3 Honor widows who are widows indeed.
5:4 But if any widow has children or nephews, let them first learn to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that 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 give in charge, so that they may be blameless.
5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
5:9 Do not let a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
5:11 But refuse the younger widows: for when they have begun to grow wanton against the Messiah, they will marry;
5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
5:13 And at the same time they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
5:14 I wish therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
5:16 If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and 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, but before two or three witnesses.
5:20 Rebuke those who sin before all, so that others may also fear.
5:21 I charge you before Elohim and the Master YASHUWAH the Messiah, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
5:22 Impose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.
5:23 No longer drink water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake, and your frequent infirmities.
5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment: and some men, they follow after.
5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and those who are otherwise cannot be hid.