1 Timothy 5:13-17 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:17-25

Here are directions, I. Concerning the supporting of ministers. Care must be taken that they be honourably maintained (1 Tim. 5:17): Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour (that is, of double maintenance, double to what they have had, or to what others have), especially those who labour in the word and doctrine, those who are more laborious than others. Observe, The presbytery ruled, and the same that ruled were those who laboured in the word and doctrine: they had... 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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:17-22

5:17-22 Let elders who discharge their duties well be judged worthy of double honour, especially those who toil in preaching and in teaching; for Scripture says: "You must not muzzle the ox when he is treading the corn," and, "The workman deserves his pay." Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless on the evidence of two or three witnesses. Rebuke those who persist in sin in the presence of all, so that the others may develop a healthy fear of sinning. I... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:17-22

(iii) Those who persist in sin are to be publicly rebuked. That public rebuke had a double value. It sobered the sinner into a consideration of his ways; and it made others have a care that they did not involve themselves in a like humiliation. The threat of publicity is no bad thing, if it keeps a man in the right way, even from fear. A wise leader will know the time to keep things quiet and the time for public rebuke. But whatever happens, the Church must never give the impression that it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:12-13

And withal they learn to be idle ,.... Being at ease, and without labour, living at the expense of the church: "wandering about from house to house"; having nothing else to do: such an one is what the Jews F26 T. Bab. Sota, fol. 22. 1. call אלמנה שובבית , "the gadding widow"; who, as the gloss says, "goes about and visits her neighbours continually; and these are they that corrupt the world.' Of this sort of women must the Jews be understood, when they say F1 Bereshit... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:14

I will therefore that the younger women marry ,.... Or "the younger" widows rather; and so some copies read; for this is not the apostle's advice to young women in general, though it will suit with them, but with younger widows in particular, of whom he is speaking: bear children ; and bring them forth, and feed, and nourish them, and bring them up in a religious way: guide the house ; manage domestic affairs, direct, order, or do what is proper to be done for the good of the family;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:15

For some are already turned aside after Satan. Meaning some of those younger widows, whom the apostle knew, and had observed to have departed from the faith they first professed, and turned their backs on Christ, and gave themselves up to carnal lusts and pleasures, and an idle and impure life and conversation, walked according to the course of this world, and the prince of it, by whom they were led captive at his will; for so everyone that apostatizes from a profession of Christ, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:16

If any man or woman that believeth have widows ,.... That is, if any member of a church, whether a brother or a sister, have mothers or grandmothers, or any near relations widows, in mean circumstances, and incapable of taking care of themselves: let them relieve them ; out of their own substance; which is what the apostle before calls showing piety at home, and requiting their own parents: and let not the church be charged ; or burdened with the maintenance of them: that it may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders that rule well ,.... By whom are meant not elders in age; though such ought to be honoured and respected, and to have a proper maintenance either from their children or the church, when reduced, and incapable of helping themselves; but then this is what should be done to all such persons, whereas the elders here are particularly described as good rulers and labourers in the word and doctrine; besides, elders in age are taken notice of before; nor are civil magistrates... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:17-25

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:17-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:17-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:12-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:17

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