Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

1 Timothy 4
⁹ This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it.
¹⁰ This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.
¹¹ Teach these things and insist that everyone learn them.
¹² Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
¹³ Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them.
¹⁴ Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you.
¹⁵ Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress.
¹⁶ Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.
1 Timothy 5
¹ Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers.
² Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.
³ Take care of any widow who has no one else to care for her.