1 Timothy 5:2-4 elder women like mothers; younger women like sisters, in all purity.

MLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ² elder women like mothers; younger women like sisters, in all purity. ³ Honor widows who are really widows. ⁴ But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to be devout toward their own family and to give back reimbursement to their parents; for this is acceptable in God’s sight.