Hawker's Poor man's commentary
1 Timothy 5:1
CONTENTS
The Apostle is here instructing Timothy; as a Minister of Christ, how to conduct himself in the Church of God: and especially towards Elders, aged Women, and younger Persons.
CONTENTS
The Apostle is here instructing Timothy; as a Minister of Christ, how to conduct himself in the Church of God: and especially towards Elders, aged Women, and younger Persons.
CHAPTER V. _Rules to be observed in giving reproofs to the old and to the_ _young_, 1, 2. _Directions concerning widows_, 3-16. _Of elders that rule well_, 17, 18. _How to proceed against elders...
REBUKE NOT AN ELDER - The word “elder” here is not used in the sense in which it often is, to denote an officer of the church, a presbyter, but in its proper and usual sense, to denote an aged man. Th...
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)...
(_b_) 1 Timothy 5:1 to 1 Timothy 6:2_ A_. TIMOTHY'S ATTITUDE TO PARTICULAR CLASSES OF CHURCH MEMBERS. 1 Timothy 5:1 f. Old and Young. Older members must be treated with reverence, younger as equals i...
If you have occasion to reprimand an older man, do not do so sharply, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat the younger men like brothers; the older women as mothers; the younger women as...
THE DUTY TO REPRIMAND (1 Timothy 5:1-2)...
REBUKE. Greek. _epiplesso_. Only here. NOT. App-106. ELDER. App-189. INTREAT. Same as "exhort", 1 Timothy 2:1 and 1 Timothy 6:2....
Timothy's demeanour generally towards his flock 1. _Rebuke not an elder_ The Greek for -rebuke" occurring only here in N. T. is a strong word implying roughness and sharpness. Timothy was not to go so...
IV. THE STATUS IN THE CHURCH OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF PERSONS i. 1, 2. ELDER MEN AND WOMEN...
ΠΡΕΣΒΎΤΕΡΟΣ here means _any elder man_ (cp. John 8:9 and πρεσβύτας, Titus 2:2), as is plain from the context; there is no idea of ecclesiastical office. The LXX. use both πρεσβύτερος and πρεσβύτης as...
ΕΠΊΠΛΗΞΗΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΠΙΠΛΉΣΣΩ (G1969) бить, колотить, строго укорять. Слово имеет оттенок суровости; строго критиковать (MM; Guthrie). _Aor. conj._ используется с отр. для выражения запрет...
V. THE CARE OF THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH 5:1-6:2 1. CARE OF YOUNG AND OLD. 1 Timothy 5:1-2 _TEXT 5:1, 2_ 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as father; the younger men as brethren: 2 the...
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; AN ELDER - in age; probably not in the ministry; these latter are not mentioned until 1 Timothy 5:17. Compare Acts...
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....
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...
V. (1) REBUKE NOT AN ELDER, BUT INTREAT HIM AS A FATHER. — Two-thirds of St. Paul’s first Letter to Timothy have been taken up with directions, warnings, and exhortations respecting the public duties...
πρεσβυτέρῳ is best taken as a term of age, _seniorem_ (Vulg.). This view is supported by the ὡς πατέρα, πρεσβυτέρας, νεωτέρας. The term νεωτέρους might possibly refer to a subordinate Church officer....
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...
RELATING TO CHRISTIANS LIKE FAMILY Lipscomb says Paul, "admonishes Timothy not to rebuke or speak harshly to the aged men; but, if they commit wrong instead of reproving them in a censorious manner,...
Rebuke (1) not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren; (1) Of giving personal reprehensions appropriately, according to the degrees of ages and gender....
An ancient man. [1] Here the word presbyter is not take as in other places, for a bishop or priest, but for an elderly man, who is otherwise to be dealt with than young men. (Witham) --- We cannot suf...
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...
1_Do not harshly rebuke an elder _He now recommends to Timothy gentleness and moderation in correcting faults. Correction is a medicine, which has always some bitterness, and consequently is disagreea...
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...
REBUKE NOT AN ELDER,.... By whom is meant, not an elder in office, but in age; for elders by office are afterwards spoken of, and particular rules concerning them are given, 1 Timothy 5:17. Besides, a...
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat _him_ as a father; _and_ the younger men as brethren; Ver. 1. _Rebuke not an elder_] Lash him not with the scourge of the tongue, as a puny boy, μη επιληξης. _Ne plag...
Because it is the duty of ministers to reprove such of their people as err in principle or practice, and because the success of reproof depends, in a great measure, upon the manner in which it is give...
ELDER; an aged Christian man....
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren,...
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...
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren. 1. Rebuke - When is "rebuke" a proper action to take? Why is rebuke here forbidden when other passages command us to...
“Up to this point in this letter, Paul has been giving instructions on matters that touched Timothy's relationship with the whole congregation. Almost the whole of the remainder of the letter is conce...
1,2 Respect must be paid to the dignity of years and place. The younger, if faulty, must be rebuked, not as desirous to find fault with them, but as willing to make the best of them. There is need of...
1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 5 1 TIMOTHY 5:1,2 Directions to Timothy how to admonish persons of different conditions. 1 TIMOTHY 5:3 Concerning widows. 1 TIMOTHY 5:17,18 Elders, if they do well, are to be doub
1 Timothy 5:1 not G3361 rebuke G1969 (G5661) man G4245 but G235 exhort G3870 (G5720) as G5613 father...
1 Timothy 5:1. REBUKE NOT AN ELDER. The question naturally rises whether the word ‘elder' is to be taken in its official sense or as referring to age only. The fourfold classification of which this is...
REBUKE NOT AN ELDER (πρεσβυτερω μη επιπληξηις). Dative case πρεσβυτερω used in the usual sense of an older man, not a minister (bishop as in 1 Timothy 3:2) as is shown by "as a father." First aorist...
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...
DO NOT REBUKE AN OLDER MAN. Because Timothy, as an evangelist (see note on Ephesians 4:11), would have the duty of "rebuking error and correcting faults (2 Timothy 3:16-17)_,"_ Paul tells how this is...
_Rebuke not an elder._ CHRISTIAN REPROOFS I. The necessity and the nature of Christian reproof are both suggested. Though age was always to be reverenced, even those in advanced life were to be rebuk...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 5:1 How Specific Groups in the Church Should Be Shaped by the Gospel. “Honor” (1 Timothy 5:3,...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 5:1. REBUKE NOT AN ELDER.—_I.e._ do not sharply reprimand one advanced in years. The authority of St. Paul was never that of those who “lord it over God’s h...
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...
CHAPTER V From matters relating to the strictly personal state and behaviour of Timothy, the apostle now proceeds to give a series of directions in respect to the proper method of dealing with persons...
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 Peter 5:1; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Timothy 5:19;...
Rebuke not an elder [π ρ ε σ β υ τ ε ρ ω μ η ε π ι π λ η ξ η ς]. The verb N. T. o. o LXX originally to lay on blows; hence to castigate with words. Presbuterov elder, o P., but frequent in Gospels, Ac...
Rebuke not — Considering your own youth, with such a severity as would otherwise be proper....
Our apostle here directs Timothy how to manage rightly that great and important duty of ministerial reproof: if aged persons, elders in age, do transgress, they must be rebuked, not magisterially, but...