3 Honor widows who have no families.
4 The children or grandchildren of a widow must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents. This is pleasing in God’s sight.
5 A widow who has no family has placed her confidence in God by praying and asking for his help night and day.
6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive.
7 Insist on these things so that widows will have good reputations.
8 If anyone doesn’t take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the Christian faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 Any widow who had only one husband and is at least 60 years old should be put on your list ⌊of widows⌋.