Discovery Box1 Timothy 5:4-8 
Context5:4 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. 5:6 But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even 5 while she lives. 5:7 Reinforce 6 these commands, 7 so that they will be beyond reproach. 5:8 But if someone does not provide for his own, 8 especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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.”
5 tn For “is dead even” the Greek text reads “has died.”
6 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
7 tn Grk “and command these things.”
8 tn That is, “his own relatives.”
