MODERN LITERAL VERSION

5:1 Do not berate an elder man, but encourage him like a father; the young-men like brethren;
5:2 the elder women like mothers; the younger women like sisters, in all purity.
5:3 Honor widows who are really widows.
5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to be devout toward their own family and to give back reimbursement to their parents; for* this is acceptable in the sight of God.
5:5 Now she who really is a widow and is alone and remains in supplications and prayers night and day has her hope in God.
5:6 But she who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives.
5:7 Also command these things, in order that they may be unimpeachable.
5:8 But if anyone is not {F} planning-for his own and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
5:9 Let no one be enrolled as a widow who is less than sixty years old, having become the wife of one man,
5:10 being testified of in good works; if she has reared children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the holy-ones' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has followed after every good work.

5:11 But renounce younger widows; for* whenever they are promiscuous against Christ, they wish to marry;
5:12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith.
5:13 Now at the same time, they also are learning to be idle, strolling from house to house, and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not to speak.
5:14 Therefore I will that the younger widows marry, be childbearing, manage the house, give no starting-point to those who lay in opposition to them because of reviling:
5:15 for* already some have turned aside after the Adversary.

5:16 If any believing man or believing woman has relatives who are widows, they should relieve them and do not let the congregation* be burdened; that* it may relieve those who really are widows.

5:17 The elders who govern well, let them be deemed worthy of double honor, especially those who are laboring in the word and in teaching.
5:18 For* the Scripture says, ‘You will not muzzle a threshing bull.' {Deut. 25:4} And, ‘The worker is worthy of his wages.' {Lev. 19:13}
5:19 Do not accept an accusation against an elder, unless upon the testimony of two or three witnesses.
5:20 Reprove those who are sinning in the sight of all, that* the rest may also be in fear.
5:21 I am thoroughly testifying before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the chosen messengers, that* you should observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing according to bias.
5:22 Lay hands on no one quickly, nor share in another's sins. Keep yourself pure!
5:23 No longer be a drinker of water only, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent sicknesses.
5:24 Some men's sins are evident, leading them to judgment, but even for some, they will follow after them later.
5:25 Likewise* also, good works are evident, and those that are contrariwise, can not be hid.
{Footnotes: 1Ti 5:9 Planning in the short term- Or: provide.}