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1 Timothy 5:5

James Moffatt - New Testament

The really forlorn widow has her hope fixed on God, night and day she is at her prayers and supplications;

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Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.

and having been a widow for eighty-four years. She was never away from the temple; night and day she worshipped, fasting and praying.

It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves. They were submissive to their husbands.

Any believer, man or woman, who has widowed relatives, must give them relief; the church is not to be burdened with them; she has to relieve the widows who really need relief.

I want you to be free from all anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's affairs, how best to satisfy the Lord;

He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband.

or, in other words, that I may be encouraged by meeting you, I by your faith and you by mine.

through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

a promise which our twelve tribes hope to gain by serving God earnestly both night and day. And I am actually impeached by Jews for this hope, O king!

During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him up to the room, where all the widows stood beside him crying as they showed him the garments and dresses that Dorcas used to make when she was with them.

Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive.

Never be anxious, but always make your requests known to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving;

Well, my very first counsel is that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving, are to be offered for all men —

I render thanks to God, the God of my fathers whom I worship with a pure conscience, as I mention you constantly in my prayers.




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