1 Timothy 5:1-25
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIDOWS INDEED] Each local Church kept a list of the widows belonging to the congregation, who were supported by the alms of the faithful if they were widows indeed, that is, if they had none to help them (1 Timothy 5:4). In return, they did what services they could to the brethren.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEVENTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—as to widows.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEPHEWS] RV 'grandchildren,' whose duty it was to take charge of their relations. THEM] i.e. the children or nephews.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLAMELESS] RV 'without reproach,' that the Church widows may not be spoken ill of as women whom their relatives ought to support. 9, 10. The qualifications for being put on the widows' list, besides being destitute, are, (1) to be 60 years of age; (2) to have been faithful to her husband or husband... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVING DAMNATION] or, 'condemnation'; rather, 'incurring severe judgment.'... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME] i.e. some widows. The enthusiasm with which they had embraced Christianity and received St. Paul's gospel had already worn off. With some temperaments it takes but a short time for this to occur—a shorter time generally in women than in men. They had TURNED ASIDE out of the right path, and wer... [ Continue Reading ]
ELDERS] In 1 Timothy 5:1 this word had meant elderly men; here it means presbyters. This order of the ministry consisted at the time of elderly men, whence they had the name of elders or presbyters.... [ Continue Reading ]
RESUMPTION OF CHARGE TO TIMOTHY as to presbyters. (1) Presbyters distinguished by their zeal, specially those distinguished in preaching and catechising, are to have higher honour and a larger stipend than the rest. (2) An accusation against presbyters is not to be entertained by their superior offi... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE OX] Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9; AND, THE LABOURER _is_ WORTHY OF HIS HIRE] read, 'And the,' etc. The words seem St. Paul's, not a quotation.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM THAT SIN] Their punishment is to be public, not kept secret for fear of scandal.... [ Continue Reading ]
The solemnity of St. Paul's words emphasises the responsibility of imposing penalties on a presbyter. THE ELECT ANGELS] not a particular class of angels, but the angels who are chosen by God as His ministers.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY HANDS] It was Timothy's office now, as it had been St. Paul's previously (2 Timothy 1:6 and that of the presbytery or bishops (at least afterwards), to appoint presbyters by the laying on of hands. Some find here a reference to the absolution of offenders or heretics. 23. A continuation of the... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY THAT ARE OTHERWISE] The character of those who differ from the class just mentioned by their goodness not being self-evident, will yet certainly come out in a short time.... [ Continue Reading ]