Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Timothy 5:6
She that liveth in pleasure — Delicately, voluptuously, in elegant, regular sensuality, though not in the use of any such pleasures as are unlawful in themselves.
She that liveth in pleasure — Delicately, voluptuously, in elegant, regular sensuality, though not in the use of any such pleasures as are unlawful in themselves.
Verse 1 Timothy 5:6. _BUT SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE_] Ἡ δε σπαταλωσα· _She that liveth delicately-voluptuously_ indulging herself with dainties; it does not indicate _grossly criminal pleasures_;...
BUT SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE - Margin, “delicately.” The Greek word (σπαταλάω spatalaō) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, except in James 5:5, “Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth.” It...
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)...
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)...
Honour widows who are genuinely in a widow's destitute position. But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let such children learn to begin by discharging the duties of religion in their own hom...
LIVETH IN PLEASURE. Greek. _spatalab_. Only here and James 5:6. LIVETH. See App-170....
_liveth in pleasure_ The word occurs only once besides in N.T., James 5:5; where it is coupled with -living delicately," and is translated by R.V. -have taken your pleasure," consistently with its ren...
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...
Ἡ ΔῈ ΣΠΑΤΑΛΩ͂ΣΑ Κ.Τ.Λ., _but she_ (i.e. the widow) _that liveth riotously is dead while she liveth_. σπαταλᾷν only occurs in N.T. here and at James 5:5; cp. Ezekiel 16:49 (where it is used of one of t...
ΣΠΑΤΑΛΏΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΠΑΤΑΛΆΩ (G4684) жить роскошно, наслаждаться жизнью. Это слово означает жизнь, посвященную получению наслаждения и удовольствий (Kelly; ВВС; _см._ James 5:5). ΖΏΣΑ _p...
BUT SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE— The Jews had a common saying among them, "that wicked men, while they live, are to be reckoned among the dead." The Pythagoreans built empty tombs for those who had re...
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 she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE - the opposite of the self-denying widow, 1 Timothy 5:5; therefore one undeserving of church charity. [ Hee (G3...
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...
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...
THE SEVENTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—as to widows....
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...
BUT SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVETH. — This is a thoroughly Pauline thought, set forth in other language in the Roman Epistle, Romans 8:13 : “For if ye live after the flesh ye sha...
σπαταλῶσα : The modern term _fast_, in which the notion of prodigality and wastefulness is more prominent than that of sensual indulgence, exactly expresses the significance of this word. The R.V., _s...
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...
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 tempo...
(8) But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. (8) The third rule: let widows that live in pleasure, and neglect the care of their own family, be held and considered as fallers away fr...
_For she that liveth in pleasure, (i.e. that seeks to live in ease and plenty) is dead [3] while she is living, by the spiritual death of her soul in sin. See St. John Chrysostom with non less eloquen...
(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...
6_. She who is in luxury_. After having described the marks by which real widows may be known, he now contrasts them with others that ought not to be received. The Greek participle which he employs ,...
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 SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE,.... Voluptuously, and deliciously; lives a wanton, loose, and licentious life, serving divers lusts and pleasures:, IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVETH; is dead in trespasses an...
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. Ver. 6. _Is dead while she liveth_] _Cum careat pura mente, cadaver agit._ Pamphilius in Terence saith the like of a light housewife. _Sane h...
_Now she who is a widow indeed_ Deprived of all support from her relations and friends. The apostle seems to allude to the signification of the word χηρα, rendered _widow_, which comes from χηρος, _or...
IN PLEASURE; in wantonness and luxurious self-indulgence. IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVETH; dead to Christ and his service, and dead in sin, while she lives only for this world's pleasures....
THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE WIDOWS....
BUT SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVETH....
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 she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 1. Pleasure - How does pleasure differ from the widow described in the previous verse? Is pleasure wrong? Is it sinful to have pleasure in li...
IN PLEASURE: Or, delicately...
“BUT SHE WHO GIVES HERSELF TO WANTON PLEASURE”: The root meaning of the phrase “wanton pleasure” means “riotous and luxurious living”. This widow does not live for God; rather she lives for herself an...
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; H de sqatalwsa, she that is wanton, JAMES 5:5, she that spends her money in needless costs, as to meat, drink, or apparel, is spiritually dead, dead in sin, while she liveth a temporary volup...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians Let not the widows live a life of pleasure, lest they wax wanton against the word.[43] Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Eighth These, then, have repentance withi...
1 Timothy 5:6 But G1161 pleasure G4684 (G5723) dead G2348 (G5758) lives G2198 (G5723) she -...
1 Timothy 5:6. SHE THAT LIVETH IN PLEASURE. The English words give the sense, but not the terseness or the vigour of the Greek verbs. ‘ _She that plays the wanton'_ comes somewhat nearer, but implies...
SHE THAT GIVETH HERSELF TO PLEASURE (η σπαταλωσα). Present active participle of σπλαταλαω, late verb (Polybius) from σπαταλη (riotous, luxurious living). In N.T. only here and James 5:5....
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...
WHO GIVES HERSELF TO PLEASURE. Being cut loose from her husband by his death, she is living an unholy life. This means she is spiritually dead, so long as she continues to live this way. It would be t...
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. 6. _But she that lives deliciously_ (or wantonly; σπαταλῶσα occurs only again in James 5:5), _is dead while she lives:_ the reverse of the true widow, who was represented as comparatively dead to...
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 15:32; 1 Samuel 25:6; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15;...
Liveth in pleasure [σ π α τ α λ ω σ α]. Only here and James 5:5. See note. Twice in LXX, Sir. 21 15; Ezekiel. xvi. 49. Is dead while she liveth [ζ ω σ α τ ε θ ν η κ ε ν]. Comp. Revelation 3:1; Ephesia...