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
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Si une veuve a des enfants ou des petits-enfants, qu'ils apprennent avant tout à exercer la piété envers leur propre famille, et à rendre à leurs parents ce qu'ils ont reçu d'eux; car cela est agréable à Dieu.
KJV
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.
Oecumenius_PG 118 119
Fragmenta in epistulam i ad Timotheum
ημων ευχας ευπροσδεκτους ποιων, και ναον το οικειον εκαλει σωμα, ναους ημας θεου γενεσθαι προξενων. 1 tim 5,4 Τουτ' εστι διατιθεναι καλως. 1 tim 5,9 Φασι δε τας εις το χηρικον τεταγμενας λεγειν. 1 tim 5,10 Ου λεγει· ει εσχε τεκνα, αλλ'· ει εθρεψεν αυτα κατα λογον θεου, ει ηγαγεν…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
on of the precept concerning the honoring of our parents ( Ex. 20:12 ); wherefore the Apostle says ( 1 Tim. 5:4 ): "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." But the entrance to religion…
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