1 Timothy 5:7

International Standard Version

Continue to give these instructions so that they may be blameless.1 Timothy 1:3; 4:11; 6:17;">[xr]

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Tell the believers there to take care of their family so that no one can say they are doing wrong.

Revised Standard Version
Command this, so that they may be without reproach.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without faut

Hebrew Names Version
Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

New American Standard Bible
Give these instructions as well, so that they may be above reproach.

New Century Version
Tell the believers to do these things so that no one can criticize them.

Update Bible Version
These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

Webster's Bible Translation
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

English Standard Version
Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

World English Bible
Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And enjoin these things, that they may be blameless.

Weymouth's New Testament
Press these facts upon them, so that they may live lives free from reproach.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And comaunde thou this thing, that thei be withouten repreef.

English Revised Version
These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

Berean Standard Bible
Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.

Contemporary English Version
Tell all of this to everyone, so they will do the right thing.

Amplified Bible
Keep instructing [the people to do] these things as well, so that they may be blameless and beyond reproach.

American Standard Version
These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

Bible in Basic English
Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.

Complete Jewish Bible
And instruct them about this, so that they will not be open to blame.

Darby Translation
And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.

Etheridge Translation
These things prescribe to them, that they be without blame.

Murdock Translation
These things enjoin thou on them, that they may be blameless.

King James Version (1611)
And these things giue in charge, that they may be blamelesse.

New Living Translation
Give these instructions to the church so that no one will be open to criticism.

New Life Bible
Teach these things so they will do what is right.

New Revised Standard
Give these commands as well, so that they may be above reproach.

Geneva Bible (1587)
These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

George Lamsa Translation
Continually charge them with these things, so that they may be blameless.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these thynges commaunde, that they may be blamelesse.

Good News Translation
Give them these instructions, so that no one will find fault with them.

Christian Standard Bible®
Command this also, so that they will be above reproach.

King James Version
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

Lexham English Bible
And command these things, in order that they may be irreproachable.

Literal Translation
And enjoin these things that they may be blameless.

Young's Literal Translation
and these things charge, that they may be blameless;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these thinges commaunde, that they maye be without blame.

Mace New Testament (1729)
these things recommend to them, that they may be without reproach.

New English Translation
Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.

New King James Version
And these things command, that they may be blameless.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Teach people how to tell the real difference in the two.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

Legacy Standard Bible
And command these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

Contextual Overview

³ Honor widows who are really widows.[fn]1 Timothy 5:5,16;">[xr] ⁴ But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.Genesis 45:10-11; Matthew 15:4; Ephesians 6:1-2; 1 Timothy 2:3;">[xr] ⁵ A woman who is really a widow and is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.Luke 2:37; 18:1; Acts 26:7; 1 Corinthians 7:32;">[xr] ⁶ But the widowthe one">[fn] who lives for pleasure is dead while she lives.James 5:5;">[xr] ⁷ Continue to give these instructions so that they may be blameless.1 Timothy 1:3; 4:11; 6:17;">[xr] ⁸ If anyone does not take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 18:17; Galatians 6:10; 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 1:16;">[xr] ⁹ A widow may be put on the widows'widows'">[fn] list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.devoted to her husband; lit. a woman of one man">[fn]Luke 2:36; 1 Timothy 3:2;">[xr] ¹⁰ She must be well known for her good works as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints' feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.Genesis 18:4; 19:2; Luke 7:38,44; John 13:5,14; Acts 16:15; Hebrews 13:2; 1 Peter 4:9;">[xr] ¹¹ But do not include younger widows on your list.on your list">[fn] For whenever their natural desires cause them to lose their devotion to Christ, they want to remarry. ¹² They receive condemnation because they have set aside their previous pledge.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:3, 1 Timothy 4:11, 1 Timothy 6:17, 2 Timothy 4:1, Titus 1:13, Titus 2:15

Reciprocal: Philippians 2:15 - blameless 1 Thessalonians 2:11 - charged 1 Thessalonians 5:27 - I charge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these things give in charge,.... Concerning rebuking persons of a different age and sex, and concerning the maintenance of widows; and particularly that children provide for their parents when helpless; and that widows trust in God, and give themselves to prayer and supplication, and not live in sin:

that they may be blameless; before men, and in the view of the world, and not be chargeable with any notorious crime; though none are without blame in themselves, and before God, but as considered in Christ Jesus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And these things give in charge - Announce, or declare these things, to wit, particularly respecting the duty of children to their widowed mothers, and the proper duty of those who are widows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 7. That they may be blameless. — Charge the whole Church to attend to these things, that they may be blameless. The words are not spoken of the widows only, but of the Church or its officers; it cannot be restricted to the widows, for the adjective ανεπιληπτοι is both of the masculine and feminine gender.