{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:55:04.411Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"1 Timothy","bookSlug":"1-timothy","chapter":5,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":6,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters — in all purity;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"honour widows who are really widows;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and she who is given to luxury, living — hath died;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and these things charge, that they may be blameless;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"and if any one for his own — and especially for those of the household — doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"A widow — let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"for the Writing saith, 'An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and 'Worthy is the workman of his reward.'"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"of certain men the sins are manifest beforehand, leading before to judgment, and certain also they follow after;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Timothy 5 (YLT)","markdown":"[1 Timothy 5](https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/1-timothy/5 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}