Gloria Copeland — The Lord Watches Over The Widows and Orphans
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Jeremiah 29:11
KJV—For I know the thoughts that I think
toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of
peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end.
Amp—For I know the thoughts and plans
that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts
and plans for welfare and peace, and not for
evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
NAS—“For I know the plans I have for
you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give
you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 49:11
KJV—Leave thy fatherless children, I will
preserve them alive; and let thy widows
trust in me.
NIV—Leave your orphans; I will protect
their lives. Your widows too can trust in me.
Amp—Leave your fatherless children, I will
[do what is necessary to] preserve them
alive; and let [those made] your widows
trust and confide in Me.
1 Corinthians 7:32
NKJV—But I want you to be without
care. He who is unmarried cares for the
things that belong to the Lord—how he
may please the Lord.
NIV—I would like you to be free from
concern. An unmarried man is concerned
about the Lord’s affairs—how he can
please the Lord.
Amp—My desire is to have you free from
all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried
[man] is anxious about the things
of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:34
NKJV—There is a difference between a
wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman
cares about the things of the Lord, that
she may be holy both in body and in spirit.
NIV—An unmarried woman or virgin is
concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her
aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both
body and spirit.
Amp—And the unmarried woman or girl
is concerned and anxious about the matters
of the Lord, how to be wholly separated
and set apart in body and spirit.
1 Timothy 5:3-5
KJV—Honour widows that are widows
indeed…. Now she that is a widow indeed,
and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth
in supplications and prayers night and day.
NIV—Give proper recognition to those widows
who are really in need…. 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.
Amp—[Always] treat with great consideration
and give aid to those who are truly
widowed—solitary and without support….
Now [a woman] who is a real widow, and
is left entirely alone and desolate, has
fixed her hope on God and perseveres in
supplications and prayers night and day.
James 1:27
KJV—Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, to visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
NIV—Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless is this: to look
after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.
Weymouth—The religion which is pure
and stainless in the sight of our God and
Father is to visit orphans and widows in
their time of trouble, and to keep one’s
own self unspotted from the world.
Gloria Copeland
