1 Timothy 5:5 Cross References - Moffatt

⁵ The really forlorn widow has her hope fixed on God, night and day she is at her prayers and supplications;

³⁷ and having been a widow for eighty-four years. She was never away from the temple; night and day she worshipped, fasting and praying.

¹ He also told them a parable about the need of always praying and never losing heart.

⁷ And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

⁷ a promise which our twelve tribes hope to gain by serving God earnestly both night and day. And I am actually impeached by Jews for this hope, O king!

⁵ through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,

¹² or, in other words, that I may be encouraged by meeting you, I by your faith and you by mine.

²⁰ for ever since the world was created, his invisible nature, his everlasting power and divine being, have been quite perceptible in what he has made. So they have no excuse. ²¹ Though they knew God, they have not glorified him as God nor given thanks to him; they have turned to futile speculations till their ignorant minds grew dark.

³² I want you to be free from all anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's affairs, how best to satisfy the Lord;

³⁴ so he is torn in two directions. The unmarried woman or the maid is also anxious about the Lord's affairs, how to be consecrated, body and spirit; once married, she is anxious about worldly affairs, how best to satisfy her husband.

¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

³ Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.

¹⁶ Any believer, man or woman, who has widowed relatives, must give them relief; the church is not to be burdened with them; she has to relieve the widows who really need relief.

⁵ It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves. They were submissive to their husbands.