1 Timothy 5:4 (WEB)
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 acceptable in the sight of God.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“But if any widow have children or nephews, let her first learn to govern her own house, and to requite her parents.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 3, 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For she had “been the wife of one man,” had requited her parents, had guided her house piously, was “well-reported of for good works,” had “brought up children,” as often travailing in birth of them as she saw them swerving from Thee.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 4, 9, 10, 14.
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Jerome
““Honour widows,” he writes, “that are widows indeed,” that is, such as are desolate and have no relations to help them, who cannot labour with their hands, who are weakened by poverty and overcome by years, whose trust is in God and their only work prayer.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 3–5, 16.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 2.
Cited together in Confessions IX.9.
Cited together in Confessions IX.9.