1 Timothy 5
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Fragments showing First Epistle to Timothy 2:2-6 on Codex Coislinianus, from ca. AD 550.
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| Book | First Epistle to Timothy |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 15 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
1 Timothy 5 is the fifth chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle.
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
That is, if any member of a church, whether a brother or a sister, have mothers or grandmothers, or any near relations widows, in mean circumstances, and incapable of taking care of themselves:
out of their own substance; which is what the apostle before calls showing piety at home, and requiting their own parents:
or burdened with the maintenance of them:
that the church may be in a better capacity, its stock not being expended on others, to supply the wants of those who are really widows; who have neither husbands, nor children, nor any relations, to provide for them; nor anything in the world to support themselves with.
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