Devine Scripture

1 Timothy 5:3

1 Timothy chapter 5 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

Context

v.2the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

v.3This passage

v.4But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Peter 2:17

    Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

  • Psalms 94:6

    They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

  • James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

  • Job 29:13

    The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

  • Deuteronomy 14:29

    and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

  • 1 Timothy 5:2

    the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.