I Timothy 5

Question 1

I Timothy 5:1

Answer 1

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

Question 2

I Timothy 5:2

Answer 2

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Question 3

I Timothy 5:3

Answer 3

Honor widows who are truly widows.

Question 4

I Timothy 5:4

Answer 4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

Question 5

I Timothy 5:5

Answer 5

She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

Question 6

I Timothy 5:6

Answer 6

but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

Question 7

I Timothy 5:7

Answer 7

Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

Question 8

I Timothy 5:8

Answer 8

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Question 9

I Timothy 5:9

Answer 9

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

Question 10

I Timothy 5:10

Answer 10

and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

Question 11

I Timothy 5:11

Answer 11

But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry

Question 12

I Timothy 5:12

Answer 12

and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.

Question 13

I Timothy 5:13

Answer 13

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

Question 14

I Timothy 5:14

Answer 14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

Question 15

I Timothy 5:15

Answer 15

For some have already strayed after Satan.

Question 16

I Timothy 5:16

Answer 16

If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.

Question 17

I Timothy 5:17

Answer 17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

Question 18

I Timothy 5:18

Answer 18

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”

Question 19

I Timothy 5:19

Answer 19

Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

Question 20

I Timothy 5:20

Answer 20

As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear.

Question 21

I Timothy 5:21

Answer 21

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.

Question 22

I Timothy 5:22

Answer 22

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

Question 23

I Timothy 5:23

Answer 23

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)

Question 24

I Timothy 5:24

Answer 24

The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.

Question 25

I Timothy 5:25

Answer 25

So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.