1 Timothy 5:4-5
5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty 1 toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. 2 For this is what pleases God. 3
5:5 But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, 4 has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.
1 tn Or “to practice their religion.”
2 tn Or “and so make some repayment to their parents”; Grk “and to give back recompense to their parents.”
3 tn Grk “for this is pleasing in the sight of God.”
4 tn Or “left all alone.”