New International Reader's Version

1 Timothy 5:1-4 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. Don't tell an older man off. Make an appeal to him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as if they were your brothers.

2. Treat older women as if they were your mothers. Treat younger women as if they were your sisters. Be completely pure in the way you treat them.

3. Take care of the widows who really need help.

4. But suppose a widow has children or grandchildren. They should first learn to put their faith into practice. They should care for their own family. In that way they will pay back their parents and grandparents. That pleases God.