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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:3-16

Directions are here given concerning the taking of widows into the number of those who were employed by the church and had maintenance from the church: Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honour them, that is, maintain them, admit them into office. There was in those times an office in the church in which widows were employed, and that was to tend the sick and the aged, to look to them by the direction of the deacons. We read of the care taken of widows immediately upon the first forming of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:9-10

5:9-10 Let a woman be enrolled as a widow only if she is more than sixty years of age; if she has been the wife of one husband; if she has earned an attested reputation for good works; if she has nourished children; if she has been hospitable to strangers; if she has helped those in trouble; if she has washed the feet of the saints; if she has devoted herself to every good work. From this passage it is clear that the Church had an official register of widows; and it seems that the word... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:9-10

As we have already said, if not as early as the time of the Pastoral Epistles, certainly in later days, the widows became an accepted order in the Christian Church. Their place and work are dealt with in the first eight chapters of the third book of The Apostolic Constitutions, and these chapters reveal the use that such an order could be and the dangers into which it almost inevitably ran. (i) It is laid down that women who would serve the Church must be women of discretion. Particularly... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:11-16

5:11-16 Refuse to enrol the younger women as widows, for when they grow impatient with the restrictions of Christian widowhood, they wish to marry, and so deserve condemnation, because they have broken the pledge of their first faith; and, at the same time, they learn to be idle and to run from house to house. Yes, they can become more than idle; they can become gossips and busybodies, saying things which should not be repeated. It is my wish that the younger widows should marry, and bear... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:9

Let not a widow be taken into the number ,.... That is, of widows, to be maintained by the church; though some choose to understand these words of the number of such who were made deaconesses, and had the care of the poor widows of the church committed to them; and so the Arabic version renders it, "if a widow be chosen a deaconess"; but the former sense is best, for it appears from 1 Timothy 5:1 that the apostle is still speaking of widows to be relieved: now such were not to be taken... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:10

Well reported of for good works ,.... Both by the members of the church, and by them that were without: particularly if she have brought up children ; that is, "well", as the Arabic version adds; in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; commanding them, as Abraham did, to keep the way of the Lord, and to do justice and judgment; training them up in the paths of religion and virtue, from which they will not so easily depart when grown up. If she have lodged strangers ; as Abraham... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows refuse ,.... To admit them into the number of widows relieved by the church; partly because they are fit for labour, and so can take care of themselves; and partly because they may marry, as the apostle afterwards advises they should, and so would have husbands to take care of them: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ ; that is, being at ease, and without labour, live a wanton, loose, and licentious life, and in carnal lusts and pleasures,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:9

Taken into the number - Let her not be taken into the list of those for which the Church must provide. But some think that the apostle means the list of those who were deaconesses in the Church; and that no widow was to be admitted into that rank who did not answer to the following character. See on 1 Timothy 5:10 ; (note). Under threescore years - As it might be supposed that, previously to this age, they might be able to do something towards their own support. See on 1 Timothy 5:10 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:10

Well reported of for good works - Numbers being able to bear testimony, as the word implies, that she has not only avoided all sin, but that she has walked according to the testimony of God. Brought up children - It was customary among the Gentiles to expose their children, when so poor that they were not able to provide for them. Pious and humane people took these up; and fed, clothed, and educated them. The words brought up may refer to the children of others, who were educated in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:11

But the younger widows refuse - Do not admit those into this office who are under sixty years of age. Probably those who were received into such a list promised to abide in their widowhood. But as young or comparatively young women might have both occasion and temptations to remarry, and so break their engagement to Christ, they should not be admitted. Not that the apostle condemns their remarrying as a crime in itself, but because it was contrary to their engagement. See on 1 Timothy 5:14 ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:3-16

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:9-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:9-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:11-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 5:11

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