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What does 1 Timothy 5:9 mean? Paul's first expectation regarding charity is for immediate family members to care for each other, when they are able. In addition, Paul offers a list of expectations describing the kind of widows the church is obligated to support.
- What does 1 Timothy 5:6 mean?
What does 1 Timothy 5:6 mean? Prior verses have discussed...
- What does 1 Timothy 5:5 mean?
What does 1 Timothy 5:5 mean? The previous verse taught that...
- What does 1 Timothy 5:6 mean?
What does 1 Timothy 5:6 mean? Prior verses have discussed the need for the church to care for "true widows," defined as those who truly are alone and unable to care for themselves. Clearly, though, not all elderly or single women are legitimately in need of the church's charity.
Let not a widow be taken, into the number under threescore years old; what number he meaneth is very doubtful, whether he means the number of deaconesses, or the number of such as should receive alms from the church.
A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband. Literal Standard Version. A widow—do not let her be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband, Majority Standard Bible.
A Widow indeed is one that has no outward dependence, betakes herself to the Lord, puts her confidence in him, and cries to him continually for a daily supply; and such an one, amidst all her poverty and meanness, is a living believer, one that lives by faith on the Lord; and is profitable, and useful to the church by her prayers and ...
1 Timothy 5:9-10. New King James Version. 9 Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not unless she has been the wife of one man, 10 well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has ...
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What does 1 Timothy 5:5 mean? The previous verse taught that the primary responsibility for a widow's care is her immediate family, including any children or grandchildren. This verse defines those who are "truly widows" (1 Timothy 5:3) as women who are "left all alone."
