1 Timothy 5:1-8
THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE WIDOWS.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE WIDOWS.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS, THE YOUNGER AS SISTERS, WITH ALL PURITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
HONOR WIDOWS THAT ARE WIDOWS INDEED.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAVE CHILDREN OR NEPHEWS, LET THEM LEARN FIRST TO SHOW PIETY AT HOME, AND TO REQUITE THEIR PARENTS; FOR THAT IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE BEFORE GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW SHE THAT IS A WIDOW INDEED, AND DESOLATE, TRUSTETH IN GOD, AND CONTINUETH IN SUPPLICATIONS AND PRAYERS NIGHT AND DAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVETH.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE THINGS GIVE IN CHARGE, THAT THEY MAY BE BLAMELESS.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF ANY PROVIDE NOT FOR HIS OWN, AND SPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF HIS OWN HOUSE, HE HATH DENIED THE FAITH, AND IS WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL. Having given his young assistant various rules of conduct concerning his own person, the apostle now delivers certain precepts to him regarding his conduct toward the... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NOT A WIDOW BE TAKEN INTO THE NUMBER UNDER THREESCORE YEARS OLD, HAVING BEEN THE WIFE OF ONE MAN,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CARE OF WIDOWS ON THE PART OF THE CONGREGATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
WELL REPORTED OF FOR GOOD WORKS; IF SHE HAVE BROUGHT UP CHILDREN, IF SHE HAVE LODGED STRANGERS, IF SHE HAVE WASHED THE SAINTS' FEET, IF SHE HAVE RELIEVED THE AFFLICTED, IF SHE HAVE DILIGENTLY FOLLOWED EVERY GOOD WORK.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE YOUNGER WIDOWS REFUSE; FOR WHEN THEY HAVE BEGUN TO WAX WANTON AGAINST CHRIST, THEY WILL MARRY;... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING DAMNATION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CAST OFF THEIR FIRST FAITH.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WITHAL THEY LEARN TO BE IDLE, WANDERING ABOUT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE; AND NOT ONLY IDLE, BUT TATTLERS ALSO AND BUSYBODIES, SPEAKING THINGS WHICH THEY OUGHT NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL, THEREFORE, THAT THE YOUNGER WOMEN MARRY, BEAR CHILDREN, GUIDE THE HOUSE, GIVE NONE OCCASION TO THE ADVERSARY TO SPEAK REPROACHFULLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SOME ARE ALREADY TURNED ASIDE AFTER SATAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF ANY MAN OR WOMAN THAT BELIEVETH HAVE WIDOWS, LET THEM RELIEVE THEM, AND LET NOT THE CHURCH BE CHARGED, THAT IT MAY RELIEVE THEM THAT ARE WIDOWS INDEED. Having given his definition of a widow that is in need and actually forsaken, he now proceeds to show in what manner the congregation should make... [ Continue Reading ]
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the Word and doctrine.... [ Continue Reading ]
RULES OF CONDUCT WITH REGARD TO THE ELDERS OF THE CONGREGATION.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE SCRIPTURE SAITH, THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE OX THAT TREADS OUT THE CORN; AND, THE LABORER IS WORTHY OF HIS REWARD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST AN ELDER RECEIVE NOT AN ACCUSATION BUT BEFORE TWO OR THREE WITNESSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM THAT SIN REBUKE BEFORE ALL, THAT OTHERS ALSO MAY FEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CHARGE THEE BEFORE GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE ELECT ANGELS THAT THOU OBSERVE THESE THINGS WITHOUT PREFERRING ONE BEFORE ANOTHER, DOING NOTHING BY PARTIALITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY HANDS SUDDENLY ON NO MAN, NEITHER BE PARTAKER OF OTHER MEN'S SINS. KEEP THYSELF PURE.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRINK NO LONGER WATER, BUT USE A LITTLE WINE FOR THY STOMACH'S SAKE AND THINE OFTEN INFIRMITIES.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME MEN'S SINS ARE OPEN BEFOREHAND, GOING BEFORE TO JUDGMENT; AND SOME MEN THEY FOLLOW AFTER.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE ALSO THE GOOD WORKS OF SOME ARE MANIFEST BEFOREHAND; AND THEY THAT ARE OTHERWISE CANNOT BE HID. Having named the qualifications of a bishop or elder in the third chapter, the apostle here speaks of the regard in which the members of the presbytery should be held and the manner in which they... [ Continue Reading ]