1 Timothy 5:7
Good News Translation
Give them these instructions, so that no one will find fault with them.

New Revised Standard Version
Give these commands as well, so that they may be above reproach.

Contemporary English Version
Tell all this to everyone, so they will do the right thing.

New American Bible
Command this, so that they may be irreproachable.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.

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And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.

1 Timothy 1:3 As I desired thee to remain at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some not to teach otherwise:

1 Timothy 4:11 These things command and teach:

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

Titus 1:13 This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith:

Titus 2:15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Context
Support for Widows
6For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living. 7And this give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8But if any man have not care of his own and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.…
Cross References
Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and sincere children of God, without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation: among whom you shine as lights in the world.

1 Timothy 4:11
These things command and teach:

1 Timothy 5:6
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