Keys of Truth: First Timothy (Chapter 5)

1) Never use harsh words when correcting someone older than yourself. However, speak to them with the same respect you would give your father or mother. Speak to the younger person as if you were speaking to a brother or sister.
2) We are to keep ourselves morally pure.
3) Give honor to the woman (widow) who has no family.
4) The children of a woman or man must learn to respect their own family; repaying their parents. God is pleased with this.
5) The person with no family can place their confidence in God.
6) The older person who lives for pleasure is dead, though alive.
7) It is important for those who are older to have a good reputation.
8) The person that has no concern for their own family, especially their immediate family, denies the Christian faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9) Only women that are 60 and older, that were married and there husband has died, can be considered widows.
10) The honored widow (woman) should have a good reputation; raising children, being hospitable, taking care of other believer’s needs, helping the suffering, or always doing good things.
11) The woman that is young and her husband has died, should not be made to live as a widow. She will have natural desires that are stronger than her devotion to Christ, and want to marry.
12) Women that are younger condemn themselves by rejecting the Christian faith.
13) Young women should not be gossips and involved in the business of other people; saying things that they should not say. Young women should marry, have children, manage their homes and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.
14) We must be careful, and not be turned away to follow Satan.
15) If a younger woman has a family or relatives that are older, she should help them. The Church should not be burdened; being able to help the older person that has no family.
16) Give double honor to the spiritual leaders who handle their duties well. This is especially true if they work hard at teaching the Word of God. The person who works deserves to be paid.
17) Do not accept an accusation against a spiritual leader unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.
18) Do not hesitate to reprimand leaders who sin. Do it in front of everyone so that other leaders will also be afraid.
19) We are to be impartial concerning the things mentioned above. Never play favorites.
20) Do not be in a hurry to ordain anyone.
21) Do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself morally pure.
22) The sins of some people are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment. The sins of others follow them there. In the same way, the goods things that people do are obvious, and those that aren’t obvious can’t remain hidden.