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1 Timothy 5
English: American Standard Version
5 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: 2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.
6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
7 These things also command, that they may be without reproach.
9 Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, [having been] the wife of one man, 10 well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
11 But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; 12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.
14 I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: 15 for already some are turned aside after Satan.
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at [the mouth of] two or three witnesses.
20 Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
22 Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
24 Some men's sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after.