1 Timothy 5:1-8
- Adam Bailie
- November 25, 2007
- Series: Pastoral Epistles: Loving, Leading, Learning
- Category: Evening Bible Hour
- Passage: 1 Timothy 5:1–5:8
- Summary: Building upon his concern for Timothy as a young leader, Paul turns his attention to address Timothy's relationships with those in the local church. In verses 3-8, Paul specifically addresses church leadership's relationship with widows in the church.
1 Timothy 5:1-8
1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. 5 She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, 6 but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. 7 Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. 8 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.