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1 Timothy 5:3-4
What Paul says here often presents great difficulties under modern conditions, especially when young people must choose between caring for parents and furthering their ambitions or establishing a home. Paul teaches that not only children but also grandchildren have a definite obligation to live their religion by providing for their needy parents or grandparents. He bluntly states that they are to repay them for all their kindness and sacrifices. A child can never wholly repay this debt, but still he should consider it a sacred obligation to make it up as much as possible.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Fifth Commandment (1997)Related Topics: Caring for Elderly Parents | Caring for Needy Parents | Caring for Parents | Debt to Parents | Fifth Commandment | Honoring Parents | Parents | Parents, Honoring | The Fifth Commandment
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