Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Timothy 5:2
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
With all purity. Respectful treatment of the other sex promotes "purity."
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
With all purity. Respectful treatment of the other sex promotes "purity."
Verse 1 Timothy 5:2. _THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS_] Treating them with the respect due to their age. _THE YOUNGER AS SISTERS_] Feel for every member of the Church, old and young, male and female; cons...
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS - Showing still the same respect for age, and for the proprieties of life. No son who had proper feelings would rebuke his own mother with severity. Let the minister of reli...
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)...
(_b_) 1 Timothy 5:1 to 1 Timothy 6:2_ A_. TIMOTHY'S ATTITUDE TO PARTICULAR CLASSES OF CHURCH MEMBERS. 1 Timothy 5:1 f. Old and Young. Older members must be treated with reverence, younger as equals i...
If you have occasion to reprimand an older man, do not do so sharply, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat the younger men like brothers; the older women as mothers; the younger women as...
THE DUTY TO REPRIMAND (1 Timothy 5:1-2)...
ELDER WOMEN. Feminine of "elder", 1 Timothy 5:1. WITH. App-104. PURITY See 1 Timothy 4:12....
_with all purity_ Accurately IN; the R.V. shews the connexion of the phrase with -the younger" by a colon instead of comma after -mothers." Jerome's rule is well quoted here -omnes puellas et virgines...
IV. THE STATUS IN THE CHURCH OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF PERSONS i. 1, 2. ELDER MEN AND WOMEN...
ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΈΡΑΣ ὩΣ ΜΗΤΈΡΑΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. _The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all purity_. ἐν πάσῃ� (see on 1 Timothy 4:12) has special reference to the νεωτέρας. Ellicott appositely quotes Je...
ΆΔΕΛΦΆΣ _асс. fem. pl. от_ ΑΔΕΛΦΉ (G79) сестра, ΆΓΝΕΊΦ (G47) _dat. sing._ чистота, целомудрие (_см._ 1 Timothy 4:12)....
V. THE CARE OF THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH 5:1-6:2 1. CARE OF YOUNG AND OLD. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 _TEXT 5:1, 2_ 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as father; the younger men as brethren: 2 the...
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...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
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 wer...
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS. — The same watchful care against all assumption of superiority must also be exercised in his dealings with the Christian matrons of Ephesus. THE YOUNGER AS SISTERS, WITH AL...
ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνίᾳ : _with the strictest regard to purity_, or perhaps _propriety_. Christians, Athenagoras tells us (_Legat_. 32), considered other Christians, according to their age, as sons and daughter...
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 ot...
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...
RELATING TO CHRISTIANS LIKE FAMILY Lipscomb says Paul, "admonishes Timothy not to rebuke or speak harshly to the aged men; but, if they commit wrong instead of reproving them in a censorious manner,...
A just medium must be observed in the guidance of the sex, avoiding equally an indiscreet severity or an affection too tender and bordering on sensuality. A just diffidence in self is the best securit...
(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...
2_The younger as sisters, with all chastity _The phrase, with all chastity, relates to younger women; for at that age they ought always to dread every kind of suspicion. Yet Paul does not forbid Timot...
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...
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS,.... When they offend in any point, they are to be reasoned, and argued, and pleaded with, as children should with their mothers; see Hosea 2:2 and are to be considered as m...
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. Ver. 2. _With all purity_] Not with some only, but "with all purity," for fear of the worst, εν παση αγνεια : and lest any impure...
Because it is the duty of ministers to reprove such of their people as err in principle or practice, and because the success of reproof depends, in a great measure, upon the manner in which it is give...
Ministers of the gospel should pay special attention to the aged, and treat them with special respect and kindness. They should also, in their needful and proper interaction with females of their cong...
THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE WIDOWS....
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS, THE YOUNGER AS SISTERS, WITH ALL PURITY....
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...
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 1. Women - Does this verse teach that there can be female elders? Who are the women mentioned here? How can the church make the be...
“THE OLDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS”: “So when Timothy admonishes the older women, he must deal with them as. loving adult son would deal with his own mother were she erring” _(Reese p. 218)._ 1 TIMOTHY 5:2 “...
1,2 Respect must be paid to the dignity of years and place. The younger, if faulty, must be rebuked, not as desirous to find fault with them, but as willing to make the best of them. There is need of...
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS; the same prudence also is to be used to matrons and aged women. THE YOUNGER AS SISTERS; yea, and to younger women too, considering our relation and equality in Christ. WITH...
Epistle of Theonas to Lucianus If the emperor visits her imperial majesty, or she him, then should ye also be most circumspect in eye and demeanour, and in all your words. Let her mark your mastery o...
1 Timothy 5:2 women G4245 as G5613 mothers G3384 younger G3501 as G5613 sisters G79 with G1722 all G3956 purity...
1 Timothy 5:2. The exhortation is, of course, parallel to that in 1 Timothy 5:1, but something more was needed to guard against suspicion and scandal. The free intercourse of a brother with brothers w...
THE ELDER WOMEN AS MOTHERS (πρεσβυτερας ως μητερας). Anarthrous again, "older women as mothers." Respect and reverence once more.THE YOUNGER AS SISTERS, IN ALL PURITY (νεωτερας ως αδελφας εν παση...
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, b...
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...
DO NOT REBUKE AN OLDER MAN. Because Timothy, as an evangelist (see note on Ephesians 4:11), would have the duty of "rebuking error and correcting faults (2 Timothy 3:16-17)_,"_ Paul tells how this is...
_Rebuke not an elder._ CHRISTIAN REPROOFS I. The necessity and the nature of Christian reproof are both suggested. Though age was always to be reverenced, even those in advanced life were to be rebuk...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 5:1 How Specific Groups in the Church Should Be Shaped by the Gospel. “Honor” (1 Timothy 5:3,...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 5:1. REBUKE NOT AN ELDER.—_I.e._ do not sharply reprimand one advanced in years. The authority of St. Paul was never that of those who “lord it over God’s h...
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...
CHAPTER V From matters relating to the strictly personal state and behaviour of Timothy, the apostle now proceeds to give a series of directions in respect to the proper method of dealing with persons...
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 Thessalonians 5:22; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Timothy 5:3; 2 Timothy 2:22;...
The elder women [π ρ ε σ β υ τ ε ρ α ς]. N. T. o. Comp. presbutidav aged women, Titus 2:3. The word indicates distinction in age merelly, although some think that it points to an official position whi...