1 Timothy 5:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede.

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  • 1 Tim 5:3-5 : 3 Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede. 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes, let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly, and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.
  • 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 But if any prouide not for his owne, and specially for them of his housholde, he hath denyed the fayth, and is worse then an infidell.

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    1Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren,

    2The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all chastitie.

    3Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede.

    4But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes, let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly, and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes: for that is good and acceptable before God.

    5And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.

    6But she that liueth in pleasure, is dead beyng alyue.

    7And these thynges commaunde, that they may be blamelesse.

    8But if any prouide not for his owne, and specially for them of his housholde, he hath denyed the fayth, and is worse then an infidell.

    9Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man.

    10And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke.

    11But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie:

  • 1 Tim 5:14-15
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    14I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously.

    15For certaine of them are alredy turned backe after Satan.

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    17The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.

  • Jas 1:27
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    27Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.

  • Titus 2:3-5
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    3The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges,

    4To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren,

    5(To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed.

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    16If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

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    6If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable.

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    15If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode,

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    11Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges.

    12Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

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    2He saw also a certaine poore wydowe, which caste in thyther two unites.

    3And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all.

  • Deut 25:5
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    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye, and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger: but his kinsman shall go in vnto her, & take her to wife, and occupie the rowme of his kinsman.

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    2That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5Beloued, thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to straungers,

    6Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche. Which brethren, yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte, thou shalt do well.

  • 1 Pet 5:1-2
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    1The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened:

    2Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde:

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    34Let your women kepe scilence in the Churches: For it is not permitted vnto them to speake, but to be vnder obedience, as sayth the lawe.

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    9But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them.

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    10Whyle we haue therefore tyme, let vs do good vnto all men, specially vnto the which are of the housholde of fayth.

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