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1 Timothy 5:2–3

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The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
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From verse 2

  1. 1 Timothy 4:12Rank 1 from verse 2
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    12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

  2. Matthew 12:50Rank 2 from verse 2
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    50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  3. Philippians 4:8Rank 3 from verse 2
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    8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

  4. 1 Timothy 5:3Rank 4 from verse 2
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    3Honour widows that are widows indeed.

  5. 2 Timothy 2:22Rank 5 from verse 2
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    22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  6. John 19:26–27Rank 6 from verse 2
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    26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

    27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 5:22Rank 7 from verse 2
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    22Abstain from all appearance of evil.

From verse 3

  1. Deuteronomy 27:19Rank 1 from verse 3
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    19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  2. Acts 6:1Rank 2 from verse 3
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    1AND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

  3. Deuteronomy 10:18Rank 3 from verse 3
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    18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

  4. Deuteronomy 14:29Rank 4 from verse 3
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    29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

  5. 1 Peter 2:17Rank 5 from verse 3
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    17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

  6. 1 Thessalonians 2:6Rank 6 from verse 3
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    6Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  7. 1 Timothy 5:16–17Rank 7 from verse 3
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    16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

    17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

  8. 1 Timothy 5:4–5Rank 8 from verse 3
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    4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

    5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

  9. Deuteronomy 16:11Rank 9 from verse 3
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    11And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

  10. Deuteronomy 16:14Rank 10 from verse 3
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    14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

  11. Exodus 20:12Rank 11 from verse 3
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    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  12. Matthew 15:6Rank 12 from verse 3
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    6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  13. Psalms 146:9Rank 13 from verse 3
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    9The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  14. Psalms 68:5Rank 14 from verse 3
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    5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  15. 1 Peter 3:7Rank 15 from verse 3
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    7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

  16. 1 Timothy 5:9–11Rank 16 from verse 3
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    9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

    10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

    11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

  17. Acts 9:39Rank 17 from verse 3
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    39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

  18. James 1:27Rank 18 from verse 3
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    27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

  19. Jeremiah 49:11Rank 19 from verse 3
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    11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

  20. Job 29:13Rank 20 from verse 3
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    13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

  21. Job 31:16Rank 21 from verse 3
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    16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

  22. Luke 2:37Rank 22 from verse 3
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    37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

  23. Matthew 23:13Rank 23 from verse 3
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    13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  24. Psalms 94:6Rank 24 from verse 3
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    6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

  25. 1 Timothy 5:2Rank 25 from verse 3
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    2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

  26. Luke 7:12Rank 26 from verse 3
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    12Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

  27. John 1:47Rank 27 from verse 3
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    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

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1 Timothy 5:2

COMBINED MEANING

mothers

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Sense 1: Female parents. Sense 2: Women regarded as sources, protectors, or ancestral figures.

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purity

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Freedom from moral defilement or sexual impurity; innocence and chastity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1 Timothy 5:3

COMBINED MEANING

honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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indeed

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Truly, certainly, actually, or in fact; used for emphasis, confirmation, or concession before a contrast.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:1REBUKE not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

5:2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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5:3Honour widows that are widows indeed.

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5:4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

5:6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

5:7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

5:10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

5:12Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

5:13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

5:15For some are already turned aside after Satan.

5:16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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