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1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

KJV

εἰ δέ τις χήρα τέκνα ἢ ἔκγονα ἔχει, μανθανέτωσαν πρῶτον τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον εὐσεβεῖν καὶ ἀμοιβὰς ἀποδιδόναι τοῖς προγόνοις, τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν ἀπόδεκτον ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ.

Greek NT

Si qua autem vidua filios, aut nepotes habet : discat primum domum suam regere, et mutuam vicem reddere parentibus : hoc enim acceptum est coram Deo.

Vulgate

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

ASV

But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὐσεβέω
eusebeo
verb · 2×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μανθάνω
manthano
verb · 25×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρόγονος
progonos
noun · 2×
πρῶτον
proton
adverb · 57×
τέκνον
teknon
noun · 99×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
ἀμοιβή
amoibe
noun · 1×
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidomi
verb · 48×
ἀπόδεκτος
apodektos
adjective · 2×
ἐνώπιον
enopion
preposition · 93×
ἔκγονον
ekgonon
adjective · 1×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
e
particle · 346×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 22:3 — And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
  • 1Tim 2:3 — For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • Eph 5:10 — Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Gen 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
  • Gen 45:10 — And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
  • Gen 45:11 — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
  • Gen 47:12 — And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
  • Gen 47:28 — And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
  • Isa 14:22 — For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
  • Jas 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
  • Job 18:19 — He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
  • John 19:26 — When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
  • Judg 12:14 — And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
  • Luke 2:51 — And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
  • Mark 7:11 — But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
  • Mark 7:11 — But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
  • Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
  • Prov 31:28 — Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
  • Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
  • Ruth 2:2 — And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
  • Ruth 2:18 — And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
  • Ruth 2:18 — And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.