Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
1 Timothy 5:12
Having damnation, &c.— Condemnation, which, without repentance, must end in eternal damnation, because they violate, and thereby destroy that living faith, which always produces purity of heart.
Having damnation, &c.— Condemnation, which, without repentance, must end in eternal damnation, because they violate, and thereby destroy that living faith, which always produces purity of heart.
Verse 12. _HAVING DAMNATION_] In the sense in which we use this word I am satisfied the apostle never intended it. It is likely that he refers here to some promise or engagement which they made when t...
HAVING DAMNATION - Or, rather, having “condemnation;” or incurring guilt. This does not mean of necessity that they would lose their souls; see the phrase explained in the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:29...
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...
Refuse to enrol the younger women as widows, for when they grow impatient with the restrictions of Christian widowhood, they wish to marry, and so deserve condemnation, because they have broken the pl...
THE DUTY TO REPRIMAND (1 Timothy 5:1-2)...
DAMNATION. judgment. App-177. CAST OFF. Greek. _atheteo._ See John 12:48....
Corruptio optimi fit pessima; Christ, trust in Christ, the life of Christ, _were_supreme during the former marriage; into the loneliness of widowhood, not safeguarded by age, the flesh and the devil h...
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...
ἜΧΟΥΣΑΙ ΚΡΊΜΑ, _having judgement_; i.e. they are self-condemned, ἔχουσαι being almost equivalent to ἑαυταῖς παρέχουσαι. Cp. 1 Timothy 5:20 and Romans 13:2. ὍΤΙ ΤῊΝ ΠΡΏΤΗΝ ΠΊΣΤΙΝ ἨΘΈΤΗΣΑΝ, _because the...
ΈΧΟΥΣΑΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΚΡΊΜΑ (G2917) суд. Имеется в виду, что вдовы, которые пренебрегли своими священными обязанностями, чтобы выйти замуж, достойны осуждения. Это действие...
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...
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. HAVING - Having to bear () judgment from God (cf. ), weighing like a load on them; namely, BECAUSE - rather, that (Ellicott). CAS...
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...
HAVING DAMNATION] or, 'condemnation'; rather, 'incurring severe judgment.'...
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...
HAVING DAMNATION. — _Judgment,_ not necessarily “damnation.” The Greek word _krima_ is often thus unhappily translated. The context of the passage must in all cases decide the nature of the “judgment,...
ἔχουσαι κρίμα : _deserving censure_. There is no special force in ἔχουσαι, as Ell. explains, “bearing about with them a judgment, _viz._, that they broke their first faith”. This seems forced and unna...
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...
HOME-KEEPING INDUSTRY ENJOINED 1 Timothy 5:9 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 during the...
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...
PROVIDING FOR CHRISTIAN WIDOWS Children and grandchildren who did not care for their widowed mothers or other close relatives who might even have lived in their own houses denied the faith. In fact, t...
_Having, or incurring and making themselves liable to damnation, by a breach of their first faith, their vow or promise, (Witham) by which they had engaged themselves to Christ. (Challoner)_...
(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 stra...
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...
12_Having condemnation, because they have renounced their first faith. “ _To have condemnation,” is interpreted by some as signifying “to deserve reproof.” But I take it to be a statement of greater s...
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...
Ver. 12 HAVING DAMNATION, C.] Not for their second marriage, but for their wantonness against Christ, or their sinful and luxurious way of living, contrary to the Gospel of Christ: and this is to be u...
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. Ver. 12. _Having damnation_] Or public reproach, as 1 Timothy 5:14, for their desultory lightness and inconsiderate rashness. _ Cast o...
_But the younger widows refuse_ Do not choose; _for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ_ To whose more immediate service they had devoted themselves; _they will marry_ And, perhaps, to h...
HAVING DAMNATION; being condemned for their inconstancy, in deserting the trust committed to them, and with reference to which they had received support....
THE CARE OF WIDOWS ON THE PART OF THE CONGREGATION....
HAVING DAMNATION, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CAST OFF THEIR FIRST FAITH....
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...
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. 1. Damnation - Is there a real place of damnation? Is Hell a place of real fire? Is this a place of darkness? How long will Hell last?...
“THUS INCURRING CONDEMNATION”: Which is explained in the next phrase. 1 TIMOTHY 5:12 “BECAUSE THEY HAVE SET ASIDE THEIR PREVIOUS PLEDGE”: By enrolling the young widow into. place. permanent support t...
9-16 Every one brought into any office in the church, should be free from just censure; and many are proper objects of charity, yet ought not to be employed in public services. Those who would find m...
OLBGrk; This sentence is not without its difficulties: here are two questions: 1. What is meant by krima, which we both here and elsewhere translate DAMNATION. 2. How they CAST OFF THEIR FIRST FAITH...
1 Timothy 5:12 having G2192 (G5723) condemnation G2917 because G3754 off G114 (G5656) first G4413 faith G4102...
1 Timothy 5:12. HAVING DAMNATION. As in 1 Corinthians 11:29, in the general sense of the word, ‘ _coming under condemnation._ ‘ THEIR FIRST FAITH. We best understand these words by bearing in mind th...
CONDEMNATION (κριμα). See 1 Timothy 3:6.THEY HAVE REJECTED (ηθετησαν). First aorist passive of αθετεω, late verb (first in LXX and Polybius), to reject, set aside (from αθετος). See 1 Thessalonian...
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...
BREAKING THEIR FIRST PROMISE. Not because they get married, but because after having made a promise to devote themselves to this teaching mission, they "go back on their promise" by leaving it to get...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 5:11 DESIRE TO MARRY... INCUR CONDEMNATION. These verses may at first appear to condemn remarriage. But v. 1 Timothy 5:14 encoura
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. 12. Hence the severe judgment pronounced on their case: _having condemnation, because they made void their first faith_ not broke their vow or promise to the church to remain in perpetual widowho...
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 Corinthians 11:34; 1 Peter 4:17; Galatians 1:6; James 3:1; Rev
Having damnation [ε χ ο υ σ α ι κ ρ ι μ α]. The phrase only here. See on 1 Timothy 3:6. Damnation is an unfortunate rendering in the light of the present common understanding of the word, as it is als...
They have rejected their first faith — Have deserted their trust in God, and have acted contrary to the first conviction, namely, that wholly to devote themselves to his service was the most excellent...