1 Timothy 5:3
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
BSB
ASV
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
KJV
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
So, then, a widow is not only marked off by bodily abstinence but is distinguished by virtue. It is not I who give this command but the apostle. I am not the only person to do them honor, but the teacher of the Gentiles did so first, when he said, "Honor widows that are widows indeed. But if any widow has children or nephews, let her first learn to govern her own house and to take care of her parents."
Honour widows - The particular attention and respect which are enjoined here, seem to refer to the class of widows who were supported by the church, and who were entrusted with the performance of certain duties toward the other female members, see 1Ti 5:
Those really desolate; not like those (1Ti 5:4) having children or relations answerable for their support, nor like those (in 1Ti 5:6) "who live in pleasure"; but such as, from their earthly desolation as to friends, are most likely to trust wholly in God, persevere in continual prayers, and carry out the religious duties assigned to Church widows (1Ti 5:5).
The walk8
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Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
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The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
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Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
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Deuteronomy 14:29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God…
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and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Acts 6:1In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
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and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.