Verse 7. That they may be blameless.] Charge the whole Church to attend to these things, that they may be blameless. The words are not spoken of the widows only, but of the Church or its officers; it cannot be restricted to the widows, for the adjective ανεπιληπτοι is both of the masculine and feminine gender.
AND THESE THINGS GIVE IN CHARGE - Announce, or declare these things, to wit, particularly respecting the duty of children to their widowed mothers, and the proper duty of those who are widows....
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...
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...
THE DUTY TO REPRIMAND (1 Timothy 5:1-2)...
GIVE IN CHARGE. Greek. _parangello_. See Acts 1:4. Compare 1Ti 1:3. 1 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:13; 1 Timothy 6:17. THAT. in orde
_these things give in charge_ As in 1 Timothy 4:11 and thrice in chap. 1; note on 1 Timothy 1:5. The conjunction is ALSO rather than -and". -Include the setting of the true life before the widows also...
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...
ΚΑῚ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ ΠΑΡΆΓΓΕΛΛΕ. καί carries us back to a former injunction at 1 Timothy 4:11; ταῦτα must refer to some counsel or warning about widows (and not about widows and their children), for plainly tho...
(_a_) CONCERNING THEIR MAINTENANCE...
ΠΑΡΆΓΓΕΛΛΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G3853) повелевать, наставлять (_см._ 1 Timothy 1:3). ΆΝΕΠΊΛΗΜΠΤΟΣ (G423) без упрека, безупречный; (_см._ 1 Timothy 3:2). ΏΣΙΝ _praes. conj. act. от_
THAT THEY MAY BE BLAMELESS.— Some would refer this to the _widows;_ but the gender of the word ανεπιληπτοι, rather favours our referring it either to the deacons, or to Timothy's hearers in general; s...
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...
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. THESE THINGS (1 Timothy 5:5). THAT THEY MAY BE BLAMELESS - namely, the widows supported by the church....
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....
THE SEVENTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—as to widows....
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 b...
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...
AND THESE THINGS GIVE IN CHARGE. — That is to say, the duties of widows, as set forth in 1 Timothy 5:5, together with his (St. Paul’s) estimate of the gay and frivolous character painted in 1 Timothy...
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...
ταῦτα is best referred to 1 Timothy 5:4, with its implied injunctions to the younger generation to support their widows. ἀνεπίλημπτοι : _i.e._, all Christians whom it concerns, not widows only....
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...
(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...
7_And command these things _He means, that not only does he prescribe to Timothy the course which he ought to follow, but the women also must be carefully taught not to be stained with such vices. It...
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...
AND THESE THINGS GIVE IN CHARGE,.... Concerning rebuking persons of a different age and sex, and concerning the maintenance of widows; and particularly that children provide for their parents when hel...
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. Ver. 7. _And these things give in charge_] Often inculcate and set on with a great deal of vehemence, that religion suffer not....
_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...
THESE THINGS; what he has just said about widows and their relatives. GIVE IN CHARGE; command or enjoin....
AND THESE THINGS GIVE IN CHARGE, THAT THEY MAY BE BLAMELESS....
THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE AGED, THE YOUNG, THE WIDOWS....
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...
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 1. Charge - What is a charge? What is the difference in a charge and a commandment? 2. Blameless - Who is to be charged? Who should be bl...
“PRESCRIBE THESE THINGS AS WELL”: That is, command, charge, and order that Christians practice these truths. The preacher needs to remember to preach God's word with authority; these are not optional...
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...
In the discharge of thy ministry declare these things, that all Christians, women especially, may be blameless....
1 Timothy 5:7 And G2532 things G5023 command G3853 (G5720) that G2443 be G5600 (G5753) blameless G423...
THAT THEY MAY BE WITHOUT REPROACH (ινα ανεπιλημπτο ωσιν). See 1 Timothy 3:2 for ανεπιλημπτος. Final clause with ινα and present subjunctive....
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...
GIVE THEM THIS COMMAND. Especially the things said in 1 Timothy 5:4....
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. 7. _And these things enjoin, in order that they may be without reproach_ namely, the parties referred to in the preceding statements widows more particularly, but along with them also the familie...
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 Timothy 1:3; 1 Timothy 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:17; 2 Timothy 4:1; Titus 1:
That they — That is, the widows....