1 Timothy 5:6 NLT,NIV,ESV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 5:1-25

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 the Lord. Shem and Japhet, on the contrary, covered the error of their father, and obtained a blessing. Noah’s error was solitary, and for the moment, probably ignorant of the power of new wine. It was a spot, but it superseded not his honour as a patriarch, and was only a momentary eclipse of his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Timothy 5:6

1 Timothy 5:6But she that liveth in pleasure.A life of pleasure a life of deathIf this be true--and, being part of the Word of God, it must be true--then the world of pleasure is a region of death, and a life of pleasure is a living death. These are strange tidings for those who live only for pleasure, and who boast that they alone, of all mankind, enjoy life.I. Who is meant by the person that liveth in pleasure? And this point does require explanation; for the word “pleasure,” is one strangely... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:6

6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. Ver. 6. Is dead while she liveth ] Cum careat pura mente, cadaver agit. Pamphilius in Terence saith the like of a light housewife. Sane hercle homo voluptati obsequens fuit dum vixit. St Paul’s Greek cannot well be rendered but by Terence’s Latin, and Terence’s Latin cannot well be put into other Greek. But she that liveth in pleasure ] Gr. σπαταλωσα . The delicate dame, such as were those wanton daughters of Sion, those mincing... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Timothy 5:6

she: 1 Samuel 25:6, Job 21:11-Ezra :, Psalms 73:5-Judges :, Isaiah 22:13, Amos 6:5, Amos 6:6, Luke 12:19, Luke 15:13, Luke 16:19, James 5:5, Revelation 18:7 in pleasure: or, delicately, Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56, 1 Samuel 15:32, Proverbs 29:21, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 6:2, Lamentations 4:5, Luke 7:25 dead: Matthew 8:22, Luke 15:24, Luke 15:32, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 5:14, Colossians 2:13, Revelation 3:1 Reciprocal: Genesis... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Timothy 5:6

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.She that liveth in pleasure — Delicately, voluptuously, in elegant, regular sensuality, though not in the use of any such pleasures as are unlawful in themselves. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:6

6. The spurious widow, that liveth in pleasure not necessarily unchaste, but gay and prodigal is dead to all Christian life, while she liveth a free secular life. read more