1 Timothy 5:1-10
English Standard Version
Chapter 5
1Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
3Honor widows who are truly widows.
4But 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.
5She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,
6but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
7Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.
8But 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.
9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
10and 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.