Tag: honor
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Covering, Not Exposing – Genesis 9:22-23
Genesis 9:22-23 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s…
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A Life That Speaks for Itself — 1 Timothy 5:9–10
1 Timothy 5:9–10 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have…
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Piety Begins at Home — 1 Timothy 5:4
1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. Paul makes something very clear here. The church is called to care for widows, but the first responsibility belongs to the family.…