Church leaders to continually instruct the church so it will maintain an irreproachable testimony. The church also needs to know which widows qualify to receive its support. So the instruction is to everyone in the church. There will be no cause for criticism when the church cares for widows in the right way. However, in the name of Christianity, millions of dollars are given to organizations that aren't even centered on the Word of God.
Unscrupulous individuals use the money for financial profit, while multitudes struggle to survive.
When the unsaved world sees that, they turn away from the church because of the so-called Christian organizations that do such things. So it is important for the church to have a testimony without reproach before God and the world. Its care of widows is directly related to that. But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. It might be friends, neighbors, acquaintances, or relatives.