1 Timothy 5:16
Any Christian woman, who has relations who are widows, ought to relieve them and not allow them to become a burden to the Church, so that the Church may relieve those widows who are really widowed.
1 Timothy 5:3-5
Show consideration for widows--I mean those who are really widowed.
1 Timothy 5:8
Any one who fails to provide for his own relations, and especially for those under his own roof, has disowned the Faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Summary
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
Let them
Widows indeed
Bible References
Let them
1 Timothy 5:4
but, if a widow has children or grand-children, let them learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God's sight.
Widows indeed
1 Timothy 5:3
Show consideration for widows--I mean those who are really widowed.