1 Timothy 5:10

Easy To Read Version

She must be known as a woman who has done good things. I mean good things like raising her children, accepting visitors in her home, washing the feet of God’s people, helping people in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good things.

Cross References

Genesis 18:4

I will bring some water to wash your feet. You can rest under the trees.

Genesis 19:2

Lot said, “Sirs, please come to my house, and I will serve you. There you can wash your feet and stay the night. Then tomorrow you can continue your journey.”

Genesis 24:32

So Abraham’s servant went into the house. Laban helped him with the camels and gave him straw for the camels to eat. Then Laban gave him water so he and the other men with him could wash their feet.

Genesis 43:24

The servant led the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water. And they washed their feet. Then he gave their donkeys food to eat.

Psalm 119:4

Lord, you gave us your commands.\par And you told us to obey those commands completely.\par

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good things. Be fair with other people. Punish the people that hurt others. Help the children that have no parents. Help the women whose husbands are dead.”

Leviticus 25:35

“Maybe a person from your own country [431] will become too poor to support himself. You must let him live with you like a visitor.

Matthew 25:17

It was the same with the servant that had two bags of money. That servant invested the money and earned two more.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that people will see the good things you do. Live so that people will praise your Father in heaven.

Luke 7:38

She stood at Jesus’ feet, crying. Then she began to wash his feet with her tears. She dried Jesus’ feet with her hair. She kissed his feet many times and rubbed them with perfume.

Luke 7:44

Then Jesus turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet. But she washed my feet with her tears and dried my feet with her hair.

Acts 10:22

The men said, “A holy angel told Cornelius to invite you to his house. Cornelius is an army officer. {\cf2\super [208]} He is a good man; he worships God. All the Jewish people respect him. The angel told Cornelius to invite you to his house so that he can listen to the things you have to say.”

Acts 22:12

“In Damascus a man named Ananias {\cf2\super [438]} came to me. Ananias was a man that truly worshiped God; he obeyed the law \{of Moses\}. All the Jews who lived there respected him.

Acts 6:3

So, brothers and sisters, choose seven of your own men. They must be men that people say are good. They must be full of wisdom and full of the Spirit. {\cf2\super [109]} We will give them this work to do.

Acts 9:36

In the city of Joppa there was a follower \{of Jesus\} named Tabitha. (Her Greek name, Dorcas, means “a deer.”) She always did good things for people. She always gave money to people that needed it.

Acts 9:39

Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows {\cf2\super [198]} stood around Peter. They were crying. They showed Peter the coats and other clothes that Dorcas (Tabitha) had made when she was still alive.

Romans 12:13

Share with God’s people that need help. Look for people that need help, and welcome those people into your homes.

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would do good things. God had already planned those good things for us. God had planned for us to live our lives doing those good things.

Colossians 1:10

that you will use these things to live in a way that brings honor to the Lord and pleases him in every way;\par that you will do all kinds of good things and grow in the knowledge of God;\par

1 Timothy 2:10

But they should make themselves beautiful by doing good things. Women who say they worship God should make themselves beautiful in that way.

1 Timothy 3:2

An elder {\cf2\super [10]} must be good enough that people cannot rightly criticize him. He must have only one wife. An elder must have self-control and be wise. He must be respected by other people. He must be ready to help people by accepting them into his home. He must be a good teacher.

1 Timothy 3:7

An elder must also have the respect of people who are not in the church. Then he will not be criticized by other people and be caught in the devil’s trap.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any woman who is a believer has widows {\cf2\super [25]} in her family, then she {\cf2\super [26]} should care for them herself. The church should not be troubled to care for them. Then the church will be able to care for the widows who have no living family.

1 Timothy 6:18

Tell the rich people to do good. Tell them to be rich in doing good things. And tell them to be happy to give and ready to share.

2 Timothy 1:5

I remember your true faith. That kind of faith first belonged to your grandmother Lois and to your mother Eunice. I know that you now have that same faith.

2 Timothy 2:21

The Lord wants to use you for special purposes. So make yourself clean from all those evil things. Then you will be holy, {\cf2\super [16]} and the Master can use you. You will be ready to do any good work.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.

Titus 2:7

You should do good things to be an example in every way for the young men. When you teach, be honest and serious.

Titus 3:1

Greetings from Paul, a prisoner for Jesus Christ, and from Timothy, our brother.

Titus 3:14

But I did not want to do anything without asking you first. Then the good thing you do for me will be because you want to do it, not because I forced you to do it.

Titus 3:8

There is something that you should do. And because of the authority I have in Christ, I feel free to command you to do it.

Hebrews 10:24

We should think about each other and see how we can help each other to show love and do good things.

Hebrews 13:2

Always remember to help people by accepting them into your home. Some people have done that and have helped angels without knowing it.

1 Peter 2:12

People who don’t believe are living all around you. Those people may say that you are doing wrong. So live good lives. Then they will see the good things you do, and they will give glory to God on that day when he comes.

1 Peter 4:9

Share your homes with each other without complaining.