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but if any widow has children or grandchildren, (A)they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to [a]make some return to their parents; for this is (B)acceptable in the sight of God. Now she who is a (C)widow indeed and who has been left alone, (D)has fixed her hope on God and continues in (E)petitions and prayers night and day. But she who (F)lives in self-indulgence is (G)dead even while she lives.

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  1. 1 Timothy 5:4 Lit give back recompenses