Monday, 14 December 2015
1 timothy 5:1-8
나이가 많은 이를 나무라지 말고, 아버지를 대하듯이 권면하십시오. 젊은 남자는 형제를 대하듯이 권면하십시오.
나이가 많은 여자는 어머니를 대하듯이 권면하고, 젊은 여자는 자매를 대하듯이, 오로지 순결한 마음으로 권면하십시오.
참 과부인 과부를 존대하십시오.
어떤 과부에게 자녀들이나 손자들이 있으면, 그들은 먼저 자기네 가족에게 종교상의 의무를 행하는 것을 배워야 하고, 어버이에게 보답하는 것을 배워야 합니다. 이것이 바로 하나님께서 그들에게 원하시는 일입니다.
참 과부로서 의지할 데가 없는 이는, 하나님께 소망을 두고, 밤낮으로 끊임없이 간구와 기도를 드립니다.향락에 빠져서 사는 과부는, 살아 있으나 죽은 것입니다.
그들에게 이런 것을 명령하여, 그들이 비난을 받는 일이 없도록 하십시오.
누구든지 자기 친척 특히 가족을 돌보지 않으면, 그는 벌써 믿음을 저버린 사람이요, 믿지 않는 사람보다 더 나쁜 사람입니다.Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers,
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame.
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Act of caring and providing should be an automatic response of believers to God's love. If we truly abide in Christ, our eyes and hearts will be moved by the needs of our families and people around us. IF we don't abide in Christ, taking care of others will feel like another burden on our lives and will feel like "work." Thus, we have to ask God for help so that we will have a heart of caring and compassion. Amen!
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