“But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Timothy 5 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.