1 Timothy 5:1-3 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows that are widows indeed - One meaning of the word τιμαω , to honor, is to support, sustain, etc., Matthew 15:4 , Matthew 15:5 ; and here it is most obviously to be taken in this sense. Provide for those widows especially which are widows indeed - persons truly destitute, being aged and helpless, and having neither children nor friends to take care of them, and who behave as becometh their destitute state. But see the note on 1 Timothy 5:10 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:1

Verse 1 1Do 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 disagreeable. Besides, Timothy being a young man, his severity would have been less tolerable, if it had not been somewhat moderated. But exhort him as a father The Apostle enjoins him to reprove elder persons as parents; and he even employs the milder term, exhort It is impossible not to be moved... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:2

Verse 2 2The younger as sisters, with all chastity The phrase, with all chastity, relates to younger women; for at that age they ought always to dread every kind of suspicion. Yet Paul does not forbid Timothy to have any criminal or immodest conduct towards young women, (for there was no need of such a prohibition,) but only enjoins him to beware of giving to wicked men any handle for laughter. For this purpose, he demands a chaste gravity, which shall shine throughout all their intercourse and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:3

Verse 3 3Honor widows that are really widows. By the word honor he does not mean any expression of respect, but that special care of them which bishops (85) took in the ancient Church; for widows were taken under the protection of the Church, that they might be supported out of the common funds. The meaning of this mode of expression is as if he had said, “For selecting widows that are to be taken under your care and that of the deacons, you ought to consider who they are that are really widows... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 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 the Gospels) or ἐλέγχω , as Titus 1:13 ; Titus 2:15 ; Revelation 3:19 , and elsewhere. In classical Greek it expresses a sharp castigation with words. Compare the "patruae verbera linguae" (Hor., 'Od.,' 3. Revelation 12:3 ). It answers to the Latin objurgo . An elder ( πρεσβυτέρῳ ). The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1

"Rebuke not an elder." Comprehensive indeed is Scripture. Its virtue is no vague generality, but is definite and distinct. It is this which makes the Bible a daily portion. There is ever in it some special counsel and comfort. With the cross for a center, all the precious jewels of truth are set in their places around it. For each relationship of life there are separate behests of duty, and he must read in vain who does not feel that it was written for him. With this light none need go astray;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Propriety of conduct in the different relations of life is the application of true charity to the particular circumstances of the case. Charity, while in all cases it has the same essence, seeking the real good of the person with whom it is dealing, varies its mode of application according to various circumstances . There is in charity always a consideration of what is due to others, a scrupulous and delicate appreciation of the difference of positions, and consequent differences of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-16

I. BEHAVIOR OF TIMOTHY TOWARD THE ELDER AND YOUNGER CHURCH MEMBERS OF BOTH SEXES . "Rebuke not an eider, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: the eider women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity." A minister has to deal with people differing in age and sex. If he is a young minister like Timothy, he has a difficult part to act. It may happen that one who is very much his cider is guilty of an offence. How is he to conduct himself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-25

I. THE CONDUCT OF TIMOTHY TOWARD ELDERLY MEN . "Reprimand not an elderly person, but exhort him as a brother." The allusion is not to an official elder of the Church, but to any elderly member of it. 1. Such persons might possibly be guilty of serious shortcomings , warranting private admonition, if not the exercise of discipline. Their conduct would have a worse effect than that of more youthful offenders. 2. Timothy must not use sharpness or severity in dealing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:2

In for with , A.V. Purity ( ἀγνείᾳ ); see 1 Timothy 4:12 , note. See how jealously the apostle guards against any possibility of abuse of the familiar intercourse of a clergy- man with the women of his flock. They are his sisters, and ἀγνείω is to be the constant condition of his heart and character. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:2

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