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NASB | 1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 5:8 If anyone fails to provide for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he has denied the faith [by disregarding its precepts] and is worse than an unbeliever [who fulfills his obligation in these matters]. |
Subject: money and the bible? |
Bible Note: After reading this passage and the ones beforehand,which not doing would lead to misinterpretation. I beleive he is speaking of the duty of a child to his widowed mother. I cannot beleive the bible would say this about the poor.A vast majority of people live in poverty and I do not beleive that would be condemned as less than infidel. I find alot of people taking biblical passages out of context. For example speaking in tongues. There are various mentions of speaking in tongues through the New Testament, but one verse taken out of context such as in 1 corintians 13:8 "tongues shall cease". Literally that would mean there are no more tongues, but in context he is speaking hypothetically to stress the importance of charity. |