1 Timothy 5:5 NIV

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 5:3-8

5:3-8 Honour widows who are genuinely in a widow's destitute position. But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let such children learn to begin by discharging the duties of religion in their own homes; and let them learn to give a return for all that their parents have done for them; for this is the kind of conduct that meets with God's approval. Now she who is genuinely in the position of a widow, and who is left all alone, has set her hope on God, and night and day she devotes... read more

John Gill

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

Now she that is a widow indeed ,.... A real widow, whom the Jews F18 Jarchi in Exek. xliv. 22. call גמורה , "a perfect one", in opposition to one that is divorced, or a brother's widow, that has had the shoe plucked off for her: and such an one as the apostle means, is one that is desolate , or "alone": who has neither husband to take care of her, nor children or nephews to show kindness to her, nor any worldly substance to subsist upon: but trusteth in God : not in man, nor... read more

Adam Clarke

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

And desolate - Και μεμονωμενη· Left entirely alone - having neither children nor relatives to take care of her. Trusteth in God - Finding she has no other helper, she continues in prayer and supplication, that she may derive that from God which, in the course of his providence, he has deprived her of among men. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 5 5She who is really a widow He expresses his meaning more clearly than before; for he shews that they are really widows who are solitary and have no children. He says that such persons hope in God Not that this is done by all, or by them alone; for we may see many widows that are childless, and that have no relatives whatever, who nevertheless are haughty and insolent, and altogether ungodly both in heart and in life. On the other hand, then, are those who have many children, and who are... 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 5:5

Hath her hope set on for trusteth in, A.V. A widow indeed (see 1 Timothy 5:3 ). Desolate ( μεμονωμένη ; only here in the New Testament, rare in Greek versions of Old Testament, frequent in classical Greek); literally, left alone , or made solitary , which is also the exact meaning of "desolate," from solus , alone. A widow with children or grandchildren able to support her is not altogether desolate. As regards the connecting δέ , rendered "now" both in the A.V.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 5:5

A widow indeed, and desolate - The word rendered “desolate” means “solitary, alone.” It does not necessarily imply the idea of discomfort which we attach to the word desolate. The sense is, that she had no children or other descendants; none on whom she could depend for support.Trusteth in God - She has no one else to look to but God. She has no earthly reliance, and, destitute of husband, children, and property, she feels her dependence, and steadily looks to God for consolation and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 5:5-7

1 Timothy 5:5-7. Now she who is a widow indeed Deprived of all support from her relations and friends. The apostle seems to allude to the signification of the word χηρα , rendered widow, which comes from χηρος , orbus, desertus, a person destitute, forsaken: and desolate Μεμονωμενη , reduced to solitude, having neither children nor grand- children to relieve her; trusteth in God Having no one else to trust in; and continueth in supplications and prayers, &c. Devotes herself... read more

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Timothy 5:3-8

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 5:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 5:5-7

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