What does 1 Timothy 5:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew pietya at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God."
Verse 1 Timothy 5:4. _BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAVE CHILDREN OR NEPHEWS_] This shows that _widows indeed_ are those that have _neither_ children nor nephews, i.e. no relatives that either will or can help the...
BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAVE CHILDREN - Who would be dependent on her care, and who might themselves contribute to her support. OR NEPHEWS - The word nephew now commonly means the son of a brother or sister...
V. INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning widows (1 Timothy 5:1)_ 2. Concerning elders (1 Timothy 5:17) 3. Responsibility and personal instructions (1 Timothy 5:22) 1 Timothy 5:1...
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 fro...
THE DUTY TO REPRIMAND (1 Timothy 5:1-2)...
IF. App-118.2. a. ANY. App-123. CHILDREN. App-108. NEPHEWS. grandchildren or other descendants. Greek. _ekgonos_. Only here. Shakespeare in Othello uses the word nephews for grandchildren, SHOW PI...
Timothy's duties in regard to widows Counsel on alms and charities for widows. The natural and obvious view of this passage studied in itself is to present _the Church charities_of this period as hav...
(_a_) CONCERNING THEIR MAINTENANCE...
ΈΚΓΟΝΟΣ (G1549) потомок, внук (Guthrie). ΜΑΝΘΑΝΈΤΩΣΑΝ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. pl. от_ ΜΑΝΘΆΝΩ (G3129) учиться. Подлежащее гл. в _pl._ — "подобные дети и внуки" (Lock), ΊΔΙΟΣ (G2398) свой собстве...
NEPHEWS,— Or, _grand-children._...
THE CARE OF WIDOWS 1 Timothy 5:3-16 _TEXT 5:3-16_ 3 Honor widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family...
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. IF ANY WIDOW - not "a widow indeed,...
1 The signs of the last days are all present with us now. The teaching of deceiving spirits and demons has become one of the great and popular cults of the day. Their deception seems chiefly to take t...
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....
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 ABOUT PERSONAL ATTITUDES AND RELATIONS (5:1-2) V1 Do not correct an older man with hard words. But appeal to him as if he were...
BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAVE CHILDREN OR NEPHEWS, LET THEM LEARN FIRST TO SHEW PIETY AT HOME, AND TO REQUITE THEIR PARENTS (or, _nephews_). — The Greek word here should be rendered _grandchildren;_ the origi...
CHAPTER 14 THE PASTOR'S BEHAVIOR TOWARDS WOMEN-THE CHURCH WIDOW. - 1 Timothy 5:3; 1 Timothy 5:9 THE subject of this fifth chapter is "The Behavior of the Pastor towards the older and younger men and...
The wise Church ruler must understand how to deal with his people individually. Each age and condition needs separate treatment: old men, young men; old women, young women. Widows in particular need d...
WISE TREATMENT OF YOUNG AND OLD 1 Timothy 5:1 That minister of Jesus is happiest who introduces the tone and manner of family life into the church, 1 Timothy 5:1. The attitude of son or brother to o...
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 breth...
VARIOUS TYPES OF WIDOWS True widows were not to be embarrassed because the church refused to provide for their physical needs and left them in poverty. They should be shown respect and given the temp...
(3) But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety (4) at home, and (5) to requite their parents: (6) for that is good and acceptable before God. (3) Widow's children a...
_Let her [2] learn first, &c. He gives this as a mark to know if widows deserve to be maintained out of the common stock; if they have been careful of their own family, and to assist their parents, if...
(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...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
_CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOME_ ‘Learn first to shew piety at home.’ 1 Timothy 5:4 The test of a man’s piety is to be found in the home. It is a common complaint of to-day that men and women show their...
4_If any widow _There are various ways of explaining this passage; and the ambiguity arises from this circumstance, that the latter clause may refer either to widows or to their children. Nor is this...
Having thus considered the labourer, the apostle returns to the details of the work, in which Timothy was to display his diligence and watchful care. Everywhere here the subject is that which is suita...
BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAVE CHILDREN OR NEPHEWS,.... Such are not widows indeed; they are not desolate, or alone, or without persons to take care of them; their children or nephews should, and not suffer th...
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. Ver. 4. _Let them learn first to show_...
_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 wi...
CHILDREN OR NEPHEWS; the word translated nephews means descendants, specially grandchildren. If a destitute widow had children or grandchildren who could support her, they were bound to do so, and not...
THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE WIDOWS....
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 young...
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 1. Nephews - Compare other translation...
PIETY: Or, kindness...
“BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAS CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN”: “When the King James Version was translated the word ‘nephews' meant grandchildren, but that meaning has now become obsolete. The Greek word means ‘sp...
3-8 Honour widows that are widows indeed, relieve them, and maintain them. It is the duty of children, if their parents are in need, and they are able to relieve them, to do it to the utmost of their...
OLBGrk; BUT IF ANY WIDOW HAVE CHILDREN OR NEPHEWS: by the _widows indeed, _ mentioned by the apostle, 1 TIMOTHY 5:3, he here showeth that he meant women that not only wanted husbands, but children, or...
1 Timothy 5:4 But G1161 any G1536 widow G5503 has G2192 (G5719) children G5043 or G2228 grandchildren G1549 first G4412 learn G3129 (G5720) piety G2151 (G5721) home G2398 G3624 and G2532 repay G287 G5...
1 Timothy 5:4. The first group thus excluded from those that answer to the name of ‘widow,' are such as have ‘children or nephews' _(i.e. grandchildren)_ who are able to support them. LET THEM LEARN...
GRANDCHILDREN (εκγονα). Old word from εκγινομα, here only in N.T.LET THEM LEARN (μανθανετωσαν). The children and grandchildren of a widow. Present active imperative third person plural of μανθανω...
1 Timothy 5:4 Piety at Home. I. The home must be safe. It must be a sanctuary, where there is nothing to hurt or destroy. It is a great and lifelong benefit when life's outset is passed in an atmosp...
CONTENTS: Work of a good minister of Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy, Satan. CONCLUSION: Ministers of Jesus Christ are reprovers by office, for they are not alone to preach the Word,...
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 th...
CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN. In normal family relationships, it is the Lord's will that children and grandchildren take care of their parents and grandparents. See 1 Timothy 5:8....
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 5:3 Providing for widows was an important role for the church from its earliest days (see Acts 6:1). This passage identifies which widows the church should support. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒...
_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 original b...
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 frequently in th...
Ver. 4. _If, however, any widow has children or grandchildren_ (ἔκγονα, offspring; but remoter than children, τέκνα, τέκνων, Hesych. grandchildren, which was once also the meaning of our _nephews_), _...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to First Timothy chapter five? Paul is a spiritual father to Timothy, Timothy's mentor. He looks upon him as a son; in fact, he calls him his son in the faith. Timothy...
1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Samuel 22:4; 1 Timothy 2:3; Ephesians 6:1; Genesis 45:10; Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 47:28; Isaiah 14:22; Job 18:
Nephews [ε κ γ ο ν α]. N. T. o. Often in LXX Nephews, in the now obsolete sense of grandsons or other lineal deseendants. Derived from Lat. nepos. Trench (Select Glossary) remarks that nephew was unde...
Let these learn to requite their parents — For all their former care, trouble, and expense....