Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; Lev 19:321Pe 5:5-6Gal 6:1Tit 2:21Pe 5:11Ti 5:19-20Mat 23:8Tit 2:6 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity. 1Ti 4:12Mat 12:50Php 4:81Ti 5:32Ti 2:22Jhn 19:26-271Th 5:22
Honor widows who are widows indeed. Deu 27:19Act 6:1Deu 10:18Deu 14:291Pe 2:171Th 2:61Ti 5:16-171Ti 5:4-5 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is 1 acceptable in the sight of God. Eph 6:1-3Jhn 19:26-27Mat 15:4-6Gen 47:121Ti 2:3Gen 45:10-11Mrk 7:11-131Sa 22:3-4 Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day. 1Ti 5:3Luk 2:371Co 7:321Pe 3:51Ti 5:16Luk 18:1Psa 91:4Eph 6:18 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives. Jas 5:5Luk 15:24Rev 18:7Rev 3:1Luk 15:32Eph 2:1Eph 5:14Luk 15:13 Also command these things, that they may be without reproach. 1Ti 4:11Tit 2:152Ti 4:1Tit 1:131Ti 1:31Ti 6:17 But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Gal 6:102Co 12:14Luk 11:11-13Isa 58:7Tit 1:16Mat 7:112Ti 3:5Gen 30:30
Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, 1Ti 3:21Ti 5:11Luk 2:36-371Co 7:10-111Co 7:39-401Ti 3:121Ti 5:141Ti 5:3-4 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work. 1Ti 6:18Tit 3:8Act 9:36Tit 2:7Tit 3:12Ti 3:17Luk 7:44Mat 5:16
But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry, 1Ti 5:14Hos 13:6Jas 5:51Co 7:39-40Isa 3:161Ti 4:31Ti 5:92Pe 2:18 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge. Gal 1:6Jas 3:11Co 11:341Pe 4:17Rev 2:4-5 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. Pro 20:192Th 3:6-11Pro 31:271Pe 4:15Act 20:20Act 20:30Jas 3:10Lev 19:16 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting. Tit 2:51Ti 6:11Co 7:8-9Pro 31:27-29Tit 2:81Ti 4:3Dan 6:4Heb 13:4 For already some have turned away after Satan. 2Pe 2:2Jud 1:4-52Pe 2:20-221Jn 2:191Ti 1:202Ti 4:10Php 3:18-192Pe 3:16 If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened, that it might relieve those who are widows indeed. 1Ti 5:3-51Ti 5:8
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. Heb 13:171Th 5:12-13Gal 6:6Luk 10:7Heb 13:72Ti 2:6Php 2:29Rom 12:8 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” 2 And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.” 3 Deu 25:41Co 9:141Co 9:7-10Luk 10:7Mat 10:10Deu 24:14-15Lev 19:13Jas 4:5
Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses. Mat 18:16Deu 19:152Co 13:1Deu 17:6Tit 1:6Heb 10:28Act 25:16Deu 19:18-19 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear. 2Ti 4:21Ti 1:20Deu 13:11Tit 1:13Act 5:11Gal 2:11-14Act 5:5Deu 19:20 I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality. 1Ti 6:132Ti 4:12Pe 2:41Th 5:272Co 5:162Ti 2:14Jud 1:6Jas 2:1-4 Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure. Eph 5:111Ti 3:101Ti 3:61Ti 4:14Act 6:62Jn 1:112Ti 1:62Ti 2:2
Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities. Psa 104:15Pro 31:4-71Ti 4:41Ti 3:31Ti 3:8Eph 5:18Ezk 44:21Lev 10:9-11
Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later. 2Ti 4:10Act 8:182Pe 2:20-21Act 1:16-20Act 5:1-11Gal 5:19-21Jer 2:34 In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden. Pro 10:9Luk 11:33Mat 6:3-6Psa 37:5-61Ti 3:7Act 10:22Act 16:1-3Act 22:12