1 Timothy 3:15

3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves ¹  in the household of God, because it is ²  the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:16

5:16 If a believing woman ³  has widows in her family, ⁴  let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

² tn Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).

³ tc Most witnesses (D Ψ Ï sy) have πιστὸς ἤ (pisto" h) before πιστή (pisth), with the resultant meaning “if a believing man or woman.” But such looks to be a motivated reading, perhaps to bring some parity to the responsibilities of men and women listed here, and as a way of harmonizing with v. 4. Further, most of the earliest and best witnesses (א A C F G P 048 33 81 1175 1739 1881 co) lack the πιστὸς ἤ, strengthening the preference for the shorter reading.

⁴ tn Grk “has widows.”

⁵ tn Grk “the real widows,” “those who are really widows.”