1 Timothy 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”
1 Timothy 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Timothy 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Timothy 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.”
1 Timothy 5:4 — World English Bible
1 Timothy 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God. ”
1 Timothy 5:4 — American Standard Version
1 Timothy 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.”
1 Timothy 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Timothy 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to [their] parents; for this is acceptable in the sight ofGod. ”
1 Timothy 5:4 — Darby Translation
1 Timothy 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God.”
1 Timothy 5:4 — Geneva Bible
1 Timothy 5:4 in Context — 1 Timothy 5
2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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