“ Honour widows that are widows indeed. ”
Honour widows - The particular attention and respect which are enjoined here, seem to refer to the class of widows who were supported by the church, and who were entrusted with the performance of...
(2) (a) Honour widows that are widows indeed. (2) The apostle gives these rules concerning the care of widows. (a) Have care of those widows who have need of help.
Widows. The space devoted to widows indicates the existence of a special difficulty in Asia. Paul gives Timothy definite instructions. ( a) Deserving widows really left alone should be maintained...
indeed. See John 8:36 .
3 Honor widows that are really widows. By the word honor he does not mean any expression of respect, but that special care of them which bishops (85) took in the ancient Church; for wido...
Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honor widows that are widows indeed - One meaning of the word τιμαω, to honor, is to support, sustain, etc., Matthew 15:4 , Matthew 15:5 ; and here it is most...
Honour widows— To honour here, signifies not only to respect but maintain, as is evident from the context from 1 Timothy 5:17 and other passages of Scripture: "Respect and maintain the wid...
Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honour - by setting on the church roll as fit objects of charity ( 1 Timothy 5:9 ; 1 Timothy 5:17-18 ; Acts 6:1 ). So "honour" is used for support, Ma...
Regarding Widows and Accusations against Elders 1. Rebuke] This shows the authority which Timothy exercised. An elder ] i.e. an elderly man, not one officially so named.
Honour widows that are widows indeed. — The mention of the relations of a pastor to the female members of the flock suggests another train of thought. Christianity had, during the thirty years of i...
Chapter 14 THE PASTOR'S BEHAVIOR TOWARDS WOMEN-THE CHURCH WIDOW. - 1 Timothy 5:3-4 ; 1 Timothy 5:9 THE subject of this fifth chapter is "The Behavior of the Pastor towards the older and younge...
Wise Treatment of Young and Old 1 Timothy 5:1-8 That minister of Jesus is happiest who introduces the tone and manner of family life into the church, 1 Timothy 5:1-2 . The attitude of son or b...
Timothy's demeanor toward men and women was now described, and demands careful study and attention. As for men, seniors are to be treated with respect, while the younger men are to be treated as bret...
(1) В¶ Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; (2) The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. (3) В¶ Honour widows that are widows...
Honour widows that are widows indeed. Who those are, see in 1 Timothy 1:5 . The honour to be given them is not a putting of them into the office of a deaconess, in the church; which office, some t...
Honour widows that are widows indeed. Ver. 3. Honour widows indeed ] That is, such as are widows not by divorce, but by the death of their husbands, and loss of their children; such as was Naomi....
Honour And endeavour honourably to support from the public stock; widows Whose destitute circumstances recommend them as the certain objects of charity. According to the Greek commentators, the w...
In this section we are faced with more detailed, practical responsibilities in reference to the various relationships in which one may be found. This is wholesome, sobering instruction. First, a youn...
Directions Concerning Widows. A. D. 64. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if a...
Honour widows; give a respect to such as have lost their husbands, with a regard to that honourable estate of marriage in which they have been formerly, and do not only pay them a due respect, but...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 5:4 . Children or nephews. —R.V. “children or grandchildren.” “Descendants, or more specially, as the context implies, grandchildren—nephews in the origi...
1 Timothy 5:1 . Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father. Job's three princely friends not only mistook his case, but were severe in their reprehensions; and were themselves reprehended of...
EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 5:1 Exhort for intreat , A.V.; and omitted. Rebuke not (μὴ ἐπιπλήξης); only here in the New Testament for the more usual ἐπιτιμάω ( 2 Timothy 4:2 , and fr...
The Pastoral Care of the Aged, the Young, the Widows.
1 Peter 2:17 ; 1 Peter 3:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:6 ; 1 Timothy 5:16 ; 1 Timothy 5:17 ; 1 Timothy 5:2 ; 1 Timothy 5:4 ; 1 Timothy 5:5 ; 1 Timothy 5:9 ; 1 Timothy 5:9-11 ; Acts 6:1 ; Acts 9:3...
Honour — That is, maintain out of the public stock.