1 Timothy 5:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, ”

1 Timothy 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let not a widow be taken into the number - Margin, “chosen.” The margin expresses the sense of the Greek more accurately, but the meaning is not materially different. Paul does not here specify i...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(9) Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of (b) one man, (9) The fourth rule: let none under sixty years old be taken into the number of widows,...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

taken, &c.. enrolled. Greek. katalegomai . Only here. under less than. Greek. elasson , See Romans 9:11 . man . App-123.
1 Timothy 5:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 Let a widow be chosen. He again points out what kind of widows should be taken under the care of the Church; (91) and more clearly than he had formerly done. Not under sixty years of...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Taken into the number - Let her not be taken into the list of those for which the Church must pro...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Be taken into the number,— Be put upon the list, is the precise signification of the word καταλεγεσθω. Surely none can imagine that the apostle meant to confine the charity of the church to widow...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, 'As a widow (i:e., of the ecclesiastical order of widowhood: a female presbytery), let non...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
1 Timothy 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old. — The question respecting the assistance to be afforded to the poor and destitute widows of the great Asian Church reminded St....
1 Timothy 5:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Home-Keeping Industry Enjoined 1 Timothy 5:9-16 The sphere of the younger woman must be in the home. This is the noblest work of all, and wherever it exists, it has the prior claim; yet even du...
1 Timothy 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Timothy 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, (10) Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged str...
1 Timothy 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let not a widow be taken into the number ,.... That is, of widows, to be maintained by the church; though some choose to understand these words of the number of such who were made deaconesses, and h...
1 Timothy 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Ver. 9. The wife of one man ] As Anna, Luke 2:36 . Such are held to be more modest, to whom...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let not a widow be taken into the number Καταλεγεσθω, taken upon the list of those who are to be maintained by the church, and to attend upon the sick poor, and teach the young; under threescore...
1 Timothy 5:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning Widows. A. D. 64. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if a...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Let not a widow be taken, into the number under threescore years old; what number he meaneth is very doubtful, whether he means the number of deaconesses, or the number of such as should r...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Timothy 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
1 Timothy 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
1 Timothy 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:10 ; 1 Corinthians 7:11 ; 1 Corinthians 7:39 ; 1 Corinthians 7:40 ; 1 Timothy 3:12 ; 1 Timothy 3:2 ; 1 Timothy 5:11 ; 1 Timothy 5:14 ; 1 Timothy 5:3 ; 1 Timothy 5:4 ; Luke...
1 Timothy 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let not a widow be chosen — Into the number of deaconesses, who attended sick women or travelling preachers. Under threescore — Afterwards they were admitted at forty, if they were eminent for holi...

1 Timothy 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Timothy 5:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Timothy 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Timothy 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Timothy 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Timothy 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Timothy 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Timothy 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes