1 Timothy 5:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ Command these things also, so that they [i.e., the widows and their families] can live above reproach.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Charge [the people] thus, so that they may be without reproach and blameless.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

Common English Bible

⁷ Teach these things so that the families will be without fault.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And give instruction in this, so that they may be beyond reproach.

1 Timothy 5:7 Cross References

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be without just blame and innocent [of wrongdoing], children of God without fault in the middle of a crooked and perverted generation of people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,

1 Timothy 1:3

As I urged you to do when I was leaving Macedonia [See Acts 20:1ff], I want you to remain in Ephesus in order to urge certain people not to teach a different [i.e., false] doctrine,

1 Timothy 4:11

Command and teach these things [i.e., the foregoing teaching. See verse 6-7].

1 Timothy 6:17

[Solemnly] urge those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant, nor to place their hope in the uncertainty of [their] wealth, but in God, who generously supplies us with everything to enjoy.

2 Timothy 4:1

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge [both] those still alive and those who have already died, and in view of His appearing [i.e., at His second coming] and His kingdom [i.e., when it is revealed in its eternal splendor], I solemnly urge you:

Titus 1:13

[And] this testimony is true. [So], for this reason you should rebuke them severely, so that they will be sound in the faith,

Titus 2:15

You should teach these things and exhort and rebuke people with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you. [See note on I Tim. 4:12].