Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
Look after widows who are really dependent.
New American Standard Bible
Honor widows who are
King James Version
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Holman Bible
Support
International Standard Version
Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.
A Conservative Version
Support widows, the real widows.
American Standard Version
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Amplified
Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].
An Understandable Version
Show consideration for true widows [i.e., those destitute of family members to care for them].
Anderson New Testament
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Bible in Basic English
Give honour to widows who are truly widows.
Common New Testament
Honor widows who are real widows.
Daniel Mace New Testament
show regard to widows that are really such.
Darby Translation
Honour widows who are really widows;
Godbey New Testament
Honor widows who are truly widows.
John Wesley New Testament
Honour widows that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or grand children, let these learn first to shew piety at home,
Julia Smith Translation
Honour widows, truly widows.
King James 2000
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Honor widows [who are] truly widows.
Modern King James verseion
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Honour widows which are true widows.
Moffatt New Testament
Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.
Montgomery New Testament
Ever honor widows who are really widows;
NET Bible
Honor widows who are truly in need.
New Heart English Bible
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Noyes New Testament
Honor as widows those that are widows indeed.
Sawyer New Testament
Support the widows who are widows indeed.
The Emphasized Bible
Widows, honour thou - who indeed are widows: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Honour the widows, that are widows indeed.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Show consideration for widows--I mean those who are really widowed.
Webster
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Weymouth New Testament
Honour widows who are really in need.
Williams New Testament
Always care for widows who are really dependent.
World English Bible
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Worrell New Testament
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Worsley New Testament
Honour widows who are widows indeed.
Youngs Literal Translation
honour widows who are really widows;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 5:3
Prayers for 1 Timothy 5:3
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Context Readings
Instructions About Widows
2 older women like mothers, younger ones like sisters, with absolute purity. 3 Look after widows who are really dependent. 4 If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety in the treatment of their own families, and to return the care of those who brought them up, for that is what God approves.
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Cross References
Acts 6:1
In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 9:39
Peter went with them at once. When he arrived, they took him up to the room and all the widows stood around him crying and showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made when she was still with them.
Matthew 15:6
does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you.
Matthew 23:13
"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.
Luke 2:37
and she had been a widow until she was now eighty-four. She never left the Temple, but worshipped night and day with fasting and prayer.
Luke 7:12
As he came up to the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out; he was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A crowd of the townspeople was with her.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
We never sought praise from men, either from you or anyone else, though as Christ's apostles we might have stood on our dignity.
1 Timothy 5:2
older women like mothers, younger ones like sisters, with absolute purity.
1 Timothy 5:4-5
If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety in the treatment of their own families, and to return the care of those who brought them up, for that is what God approves.
1 Timothy 5:9-11
No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once,
1 Timothy 5:16-17
Any Christian woman who has widowed relatives should look after them, and relieve the church, so that it can look after widows who are really dependent.
James 1:27
A religious observance that is pure and stainless in the sight of God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their trouble, and keep one's self unstained by the world.
1 Peter 2:17
Treat everyone with respect. Love the brotherhood, be reverent to God, respect the emperor.
1 Peter 3:7
You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers.