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1 Timothy 5:2-5 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

2. the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity.

3. Honor widows who are widows indeed;

4. but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5. Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.

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