Caring For Elderly Parents

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.

for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;' — read the full passage →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

honour widows who are really widows;

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

honour widows who are really widows; — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

What <FI>is<Fi> the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? — read the full passage →

And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

afterward he saith to the disciple, `Lo, thy mother;' and from that hour the disciple took her to his own <FI>home<Fi> .

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility--life age-during;

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

because of the love I rather entreat, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ;

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Jesus, therefore, having seen <FI>his<Fi> mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;'

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God; — read the full passage →

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration, — read the full passage →

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →