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 5:4

5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty ³  toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. ⁴  For this is what pleases God. 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 tn Or “to practice their religion.”

⁴ tn Or “and so make some repayment to their parents”; Grk “and to give back recompense to their parents.”

⁵ tn Grk “for this is pleasing in the sight of God.”