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The New Testament gives both family and congregational responsibilities. Read the instructions carefully instead of treating these duties as interchangeable.
Key KJV Scriptures:
1 Timothy 5:8; 1 Timothy 5:16
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
2 indexed verses · Showing 1–2. Read each passage in its chapter context.
1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV)
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Timothy 5:16 (KJV)
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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