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1. Don't speak angrily to an older man. But talk to him like he was your father. Treat the younger men like brothers.
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1. Rebuke G1969 not G3361 an elder G4245 , but G235 entreat G3870 him as G5613 a father G3962 ; and the younger men G3501 as G5613 brethren G80 ;
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2. Treat the older women like mothers. And treat the younger women with respect like sisters.
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2. The elder women G4245 as G5613 mothers G3384 ; the younger G3501 as G5613 sisters G79 , with G1722 all G3956 purity G47 .
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3. Take care of widows who really need help.
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3. Honor G5091 widows G5503 that are widows G5503 indeed G3689 .
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4. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, the first thing they need to learn is this: to show their devotion to God by taking care of their own family. They will be repaying their parents, and this pleases God.
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4. But G1161 if G1487 any G5100 widow G5503 have G2192 children G5043 or G2228 nephews G1549 , let them learn G3129 first G4412 to show piety G2151 at G2398 home G3624 , and G2532 to requite G591 G287 their parents G4269 : for G1063 that G5124 is G2076 good G2570 and G2532 acceptable G587 before G1799 God G2316 .
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5. A widow who really needs help is one who has been left all alone. She trusts God to take care of her. She prays all the time, night and day, and asks God for help.
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5. Now G1161 she that is a widow G5503 indeed G3689 , and G2532 desolate G3443 , trusteth G1679 in G1909 God G2316 , and G2532 continueth G4357 in supplications G1162 and G2532 prayers G4335 night G3571 and G2532 day G2250 .
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6. But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is still living.
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6. But G1161 she that liveth in pleasure G4684 is dead G2348 while she liveth G2198 .
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7. Tell the believers there to take care of their family so that no one can say they are doing wrong.
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7. And G2532 these things G5023 give in charge G3853 , that G2443 they may be G5600 blameless G423 .
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8. Everyone should take care of all their own people. Most important, they should take care of their own family. If they do not do that, then they do not accept what we believe. They are worse than someone who does not even believe in God.
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8. But G1161 if G1487 any G5100 provide not for G4306 G3756 his own G2398 , and G2532 especially G3122 for those of his own house G3609 , he hath denied G720 the G3588 faith G4102 , and G2532 is G2076 worse G5501 than an infidel G571 .
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9. To be added to your list of widows, a woman must be 60 years old or older. She must have been faithful to her husband.
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9. Let not G3361 a widow G5503 be taken into the number G2639 under G1640 threescore G1835 years G2094 old , having been G1096 the wife G1135 of one G1520 man G435 ,
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10. She must be known for the good she has done: raising children, welcoming travelers into her home, serving the needs of God's people, helping those in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good.
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10. Well reported of G3140 for G1722 good G2570 works G2041 ; if G1487 she have brought up children G5044 , if G1487 she have lodged strangers G3580 , if G1487 she have washed G3538 the saints G40 ' feet G4228 , if G1487 she have relieved G1884 the afflicted G2346 , if G1487 she have diligently followed G1872 every G3956 good G18 work G2041 .
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11. But don't put younger widows on that list. When their strong physical needs pull them away from their commitment to Christ, they will want to marry again.
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11. But G1161 the younger G3501 widows G5503 refuse G3868 : for G1063 when G3752 they have begun to wax wanton against G2691 Christ G5547 , they will G2309 marry G1060 ;
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12. Then they will be guilty of not doing what they first promised to do.
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12. Having G2192 damnation G2917 , because G3754 they have cast off G114 their first G4413 faith G4102 .
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13. Also, these younger widows begin to waste their time going from house to house. They also begin to gossip and try to run other people's lives. They say things they should not say.
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13. And G1161 withal G260 they learn G3129 to be idle G692 , wandering about from house to house G4022 G3614 ; and G1161 not G3756 only G3440 idle G692 , but G235 tattlers G5397 also G2532 and G2532 busybodies G4021 , speaking G2980 things which they ought G1163 not G3361 .
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14. So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and take care of their homes. If they do this, our enemy will not have any reason to criticize them.
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14. I will G1014 therefore G3767 that the younger women G3501 marry G1060 , bear children G5041 , guide the house G3616 , give G1325 none G3367 occasion G874 to the G3588 adversary G480 to speak reproachfully G5484 G3059 .
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15. But some of the younger widows have already turned away to follow Satan.
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15. For G1063 some G5100 are already G2235 turned aside G1624 after G3694 Satan G4567 .
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16. If any woman who is a believer has widows in her family, she should take care of them herself. Then the church will not have that burden and will be able to care for the widows who have no one else to help them.
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16. If any G1536 man G4103 or G2228 woman that believeth G4103 have G2192 widows G5503 , let them relieve G1884 them G846 , and G2532 let not G3361 the G3588 church G1577 be charged G916 ; that G2443 it may relieve G1884 them that are widows G5503 indeed G3689 .
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17. The elders who lead the church in a good way should receive double honor � in particular, those who do the work of counseling and teaching.
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17. Let the G3588 elders G4245 that rule G4291 well G2573 be counted worthy G515 of double G1362 honor G5092 , especially G3122 they who labor G2872 in G1722 the word G3056 and G2532 doctrine G1319 .
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18. As the Scriptures say, "When a work animal is being used to separate grain, don't keep it from eating the grain." And the Scriptures also say, "A worker should be given his pay."
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18. For G1063 the G3588 Scripture G1124 saith G3004 , Thou shalt not G3756 muzzle G5392 the ox G1016 that treadeth out G248 the corn. And G2532 , The G3588 laborer G2040 is worthy G514 of his G848 reward G3408 .
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19. Don't listen to someone who accuses an elder. You should listen to them only if there are two or three others who can say what the elder did wrong.
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19. Against G2596 an elder G4245 receive G3858 not G3361 an accusation G2724 , but G1622 G1508 before G1909 two G1417 or G2228 three G5140 witnesses G3144 .
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20. Tell those who sin that they are wrong. Do this in front of the whole church so that the others will have a warning.
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20. Them that sin G264 rebuke G1651 before G1799 all G3956 , that G2443 others G3062 also G2532 may fear G2192 G5401 .
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21. Before God and Jesus Christ and the chosen angels, I tell you to make these judgments without any prejudice. Treat every person the same.
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21. I charge G1263 thee before G1799 God G2316 , and G2532 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , and G2532 the G3588 elect G1588 angels G32 , that G2443 thou observe G5442 these things G5023 without G5565 preferring one before another G4299 , doing G4160 nothing G3367 by G2596 partiality G4346 .
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22. Think carefully before you lay your hands on anyone to make him an elder. Don't share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
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22. Lay G2007 hands G5495 suddenly G5030 on no man G3367 , neither G3366 be partaker G2841 of other men G245 's sins G266 : keep G5083 thyself G4572 pure G53 .
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23. Timothy, stop drinking only water, and drink a little wine. This will help your stomach, and you will not be sick so often.
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23. Drink no longer water G5202 G3371 , but G235 use G5530 a little G3641 wine G3631 for thy stomach's sake G1223 G4675 G4751 and G2532 thine G4675 often G4437 infirmities G769 .
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24. The sins of some people are easy to see. Their sins show that they will be judged. But the sins of some others are seen only later.
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24. Some G5100 men G444 's sins G266 are G1526 open beforehand G4271 , going before G4254 to G1519 judgment G2920 ; and G1161 some G5100 men they G2532 follow after G1872 .
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25. It is the same with the good things people do. Some are easy to see. But even if they are not obvious now, none of them will stay hidden forever.
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25. Likewise G5615 also G2532 the G3588 good G2570 works G2041 of some are G2076 manifest beforehand G4271 ; and G2532 they that are G2192 otherwise G247 cannot G1410 G3756 be hid G2928 .
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