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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

1 Timothy 5:5

trusteth in God The perfect of a continuing settled state, as in 1 Timothy 2:14 -is found in transgression;" so here -is found with a full hope placed upon God," hath her hope set in God. The same perfect is in 1 Timothy 4:10, taking there however the dative after the preposition, -we have our hope resting onthe living God."

continueth The same compound, strong, word as in Acts 13:43, -to continue in the grace of God;" its strength is seen in its use, Acts 11:23, -that they would cleave untothe Lord."

in supplications and prayers -As the words stand, both having the article, prayer is subdivided into its two kinds; if the article were not repeated, prayer and intercession would be taken together as forming one whole," Winer, § 19, 5, n. See note on 1 Timothy 2:1 for the strict meaning of the two words and for their use in the plural. Compare Acts 2:42, -they continued steadfastly … in the prayers."

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Timothy 5:5. _AND DESOLATE_] και μεμονωμενη. _Left entirely_ _alone_-having neither children nor relatives to take care of her. _TRUSTETH IN GOD_] Finding she has no other helper, she _contin...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A WIDOW INDEED, AND DESOLATE - The word rendered “desolate” means “solitary, alone.” It does not necessarily imply the idea of discomfort which we attach to the word desolate. The sense is, that she h...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • 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 fro...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DESOLATE. Greek. _monoomai_. Only here. TRUSTETH. has hoped. Implying continued hoping. in. App-104. OONTINUETH. Greek. _prosmeno_. See 1 Timothy 1:3. supplications. App-134. PRAYERS. App-134....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    (_a_) CONCERNING THEIR MAINTENANCE...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Rec. text (and Tregelles) insert τὸν before θεὸν with אcAD2KL (cp. 1 Peter 3:5); _om_. א*CGP, followed by Tischendorf (cp. ch. 1 Timothy 4:10). Lachmann and Westcott and Hort place it in square bracke...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NIGHT AND DAY.— That is, _continually;_ morning and evening, and on every proper occasion, whether by night or by day....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. WIDOW INDEED, AND (LEFT) DESOLATE - contrasted with her who has children t...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SEVENTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—as to widows....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ἤλπικεν ἐπί : _hath her hope set on_. See on 1 Timothy 4:10, the analogy of which favours the omission of the article here. προσμένει : She is like Anna, νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμ...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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 breth...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (7) Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. (7) The second rule. Let the church take care of those who are indeed wid...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    She that is a widow indeed, and desolate, (destitute of help, as the Greek word implieth) may be maintained; and then let her be constant in prayers and devotions night and day. (Witham) --- Every Chr...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5_She who is really a widow _He expresses his meaning more clearly than before; for he shews that they are really widows who are solitary and have no children. He says that such persons _hope in God _...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW SHE THAT IS A WIDOW INDEED,.... A real widow, whom the Jews r call גמורה, "a perfect one", in opposition to one that is divorced, or a brother's widow, that has had the shoe plucked off for her: a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. Ver. 5. _Trusteth in God_] Whereas while she had a husband and children, she...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    DESOLATE; destitute, and having no relatives to support her. The words "widow indeed, and desolate" describe both her worldly condition and her character as a Christian. If she was not only destitute...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    NOW SHE THAT IS A WIDOW INDEED, AND DESOLATE, TRUSTETH IN GOD, AND CONTINUETH IN SUPPLICATIONS AND PRAYERS NIGHT AND DAY....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OLBGrk; NOW SHE THAT IS A WIDOW INDEED, AND DESOLATE: the apostle here opens the term of _widow indeed,_ 1 TIMOTHY 5:3; one that is memonwmenh one that is made alone, destitute of such as ought to hel...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Timothy 5:5 Now G1161 really G3689 widow G5503 and G2532 alone G3443 (G5772) trusts G1679 (G5758) in...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 th...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    WHO IS A TRUE WIDOW. She has no children or close relatives at all. See Anna (Luke 2:36-37 and notes)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The 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 original b...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    Ver. 5. Turning, then, from such widows and their families to those whom he wished more particularly to press on the notice of Timothy and the officers of the church, the apostle says: _But she who is...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    And desolate [κ α ι μ ε μ ο ν ω μ ε ν η]. N. T. o. From monov alone. Explanatory of a widow indeed. One entirely bereaved. Trusteth in God [η λ π ι κ ε ν ε π ι τ ο ν θ ε ο ν]. Strictly hath directed...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Widows indeed — Who have no near relations to provide for them; and who are wholly devoted to God. Desolate — Having neither children, nor grandchildren to relieve her....

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