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Butδέifεἰanyoneτιςdoes notοὐprovideπρονοεῖfor his own,τῶν ἰδίωνandκαὶespeciallyμάλισταfor the members of his household,οἰκείωνhe has deniedἤρνηταιthe faithτὴν πίστινandκαὶisἔστινworse thanχείρωνan unbeliever.ἀπίστου
1 Timothy 5:8
Study it in the app“But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
Providing for your own household is part of living the faithParents and Children
With the Greek beneath
1 Timothy 5:8, word by word
- provideπρονοεῖpronoei
provide for
To meet the needs of one's family.
Where else “pronoei” appears- for his ownἰδίωνidiōn
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiōn” appears- especiallyμάλισταmalista
especially, most of all
Especially, above all, most of all.
Where else “malista” appears- for the members of his householdοἰκείωνoikeiōn
of the household
Of the household, belonging to one's own family or house.
Where else “oikeiōn” appears- he has deniedἤρνηταιērnētai
disown
To claim you do not know someone, turn your back on them.
Where else “ērnētai” appears- the faithπίστινpistin
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistin” appears- isἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- worse thanχείρωνcheirōn
worse
Worse.
Where else “cheirōn” appears- an unbelieverἀπίστουapistou
unbelieving
Someone who does not believe.
Where else “apistou” appears
The context
7And command these things, so that they may be above reproach.
8 · This verse (above)
9Let a widow be put on the list who is not less than sixty years old, the wife of one man,