1 Timothy 5:4
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 5
“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.”1 Timothy 5:4
What Does 1 Timothy 5:4 Mean?
1 Timothy 5:4 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 5, verse 4 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Family.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 5:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 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.”Romans 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.”Ephesians 6:1“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”Matthew 15:4“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”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!”Genesis 47:12“And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.”Ephesians 5:10“Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.”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.”Genesis 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:”1 Samuel 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.”Proverbs 31:28“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”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.”1 Timothy 2:3“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;”Genesis 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.”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.”1 Timothy 5:3“Honour widows that are widows indeed.”Genesis 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.”Genesis 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.”Judges 12:14“And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.”
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