1 Timothy 5

³²You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

⁵Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

⁶Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

²Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

¹Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

¹As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

¹⁹Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

²⁰But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

¹²Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

⁵⁰For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

³Honor the widows who are truly widows.

²⁶When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

²⁷Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

²²Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

¹⁹‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

¹In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

²⁹Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the Lord your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

¹⁸He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

⁶Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

⁵A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.

¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

²“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

²⁶When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

²⁷Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.

⁴For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

⁵But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

¹²Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.

¹¹But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),

¹²he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

³This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

³Honor the widows who are truly widows.

³⁷and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

³²I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

¹Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

¹⁶If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.

⁵For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

⁵You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

¹“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

⁷As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

²⁴For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

³²But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

¹And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

¹¹Command and teach these things.

¹⁵Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

¹I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

¹³This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

³As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

¹⁷Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

¹⁰Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

¹⁴See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

¹¹What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

¹²Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

⁷Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

¹⁶They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

¹¹So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

²An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

¹¹But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

³⁶There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

³⁷and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

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.

³⁹A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

⁴⁰In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

¹⁴So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

¹⁸Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

⁸This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.

³⁶In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

⁷In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

¹Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

¹⁴So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

⁶When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

⁵You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

¹⁶The Lord also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

³⁹A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

⁴⁰In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

⁹A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

⁶I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—

¹Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

¹⁷For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

³⁴If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

⁴But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

⁵Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

¹⁹He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

⁶Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.

⁷For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

²⁷She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

⁷Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

³⁰Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

¹¹who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

⁵to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

¹All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

²⁷She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

²⁸Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

⁸and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

⁸Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

⁹But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

⁴Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

²Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

⁴For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

⁵Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

²⁰If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

²¹It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

²⁰Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

¹⁹They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

¹⁸For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

¹⁹Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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.

⁸If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹⁷Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

⁶Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

¹²But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.

¹³In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

⁷Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

⁷Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

⁶The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

⁴Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

¹⁴In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

⁷Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

⁸Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

⁷Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

¹⁰Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.

¹⁴Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

¹⁵You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

¹⁶But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

¹⁵A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

¹This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

⁶An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

⁶On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

²⁸Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

²Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

²⁰Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

¹¹Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.

¹³This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

¹¹And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

¹¹When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

¹²For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision group.

¹I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

¹³I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

⁴For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

¹⁶So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

¹⁴Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.

⁶And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.

¹¹Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

¹⁰Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.

⁶He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

¹⁴Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.

⁶They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

¹¹Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.

¹⁵wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

⁴It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

⁵lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

⁴For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

⁸Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

³not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

⁷As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

¹⁰because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁸When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.

²⁰If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

²¹It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

¹Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

²With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

¹⁹The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

²⁰idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

¹⁶“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁷He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

⁹He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

³³No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

⁵Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will do it.

⁶He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

³But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

⁴so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

¹⁶In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

²²“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”