1 Timothy 5:7
New International Version
Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame.

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

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

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

Berean Literal Bible
Also command these things, so that they should be above reproach.

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

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

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

NASB 1995
Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.

NASB 1977
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.

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

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Command this also, so they won’t be blamed.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You shall command these things to them that they might be without fault.

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Insist on these things so that widows will have good reputations.

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

International Standard Version
Continue to give these instructions, so that they may be blameless.

Literal Standard Version
and charge these things, that they may be blameless;

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

New American Bible
Command this, so that they may be irreproachable.

NET Bible
Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.

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

New Heart English Bible
Also command these things, so that they will be without fault.

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

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

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

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Support for Widows
6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive. 7 Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach. 8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.…

Cross References
Philippians 2:15
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

1 Timothy 4:11
Command and teach these things.


Treasury of Scripture

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

1 Timothy 1:3
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

1 Timothy 4:11
These things command and teach.

1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

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1 Timothy 5
1. Rules to be observed in reproving.
3. Of widows.
17. Of elders.
23. A precept for Timothy's health.
24. Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's follow after.














(7) And these things give in charge.--That is to say, the duties of widows, as set forth in 1Timothy 5:5, together with his (St. Paul's) estimate of the gay and frivolous character painted in 1Timothy 5:6.

That they may be blameless.--That, whether seeking support from the public alms of the Christian community or not, the widows of the congregation should struggle after an irreproachable self-denying life, and show before men publicly whose servants they indeed were. In these words there seems a hint that the former life of many of these women-converts to Christianity had been very different to the life loved of Christ, and that in their new profession as Christians there was urgent need of watchfulness on their part not to give any occasion to slanderous tongues.

Verse 7. - These things also command for and these things give in charge, A.V.; without reproach for blameless, A.V. These things, etc. The apostle had been giving Timothy his own instructions concerning widows and their maintenance by their own relations. He now adds the direction that he should give these things in charge to the Ephesian Church, lest they should be guilty and blameworthy by acting in a different spirit. He probably was aware of a disposition existing in some quarters to throw the burden of maintaining their widows upon the Church. Without reproach (ἀνεπίληπτοι); above, 1 Timothy 3:2, note. If they did not so they would be liable to the terrible reproach mentioned in ver. 8, that, Christians as they called themselves, they were in their conduct worse than unbelievers.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Give these instructions [to the believers],
παράγγελλε (parangelle)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3853: To notify, command, charge, entreat solemnly. From para and the base of aggelos; to transmit a message, i.e. to enjoin.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

they will be
ὦσιν (ōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

above reproach.
ἀνεπίλημπτοι (anepilēmptoi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 423: Irreproachable, never caught doing wrong. Not arrested, i.e. inculpable.


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