1 Timothy 5:3-4

5:3 Honor ¹  widows who are truly in need. ²  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 

1 Timothy 5:8

5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own, ⁶  especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:16

5:16 If a believing woman ⁷  has widows in her family, ⁸  let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need. ⁹ 

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¹ sn The word honor here carries the double meaning of respect and financial support. This Greek word can imply both senses, and both are intended in this context.

² tn Grk “the real widows,” “those who are really widows.”

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.”

⁶ tn That is, “his own relatives.”

⁷ 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.

⁸ tn Grk “has widows.”

⁹ tn Grk “the real widows,” “those who are really widows.”