1 Timothy 5:5

1 Timothy 5:5

Honor True Widows

3 Honor widows who are really widows.

4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and ^ato repay their parents; for this is¹ good and acceptable before God.

5 Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers ^anight and day.

6 But she who lives in¹ pleasure is dead while she lives.

7 And these things command, that they may be blameless.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Desolate (memonwmenh). Perfect passive participle of monow (from monov), "left alone," old verb, here alone in N.T. Without husband, children, or other close kin.

Hath her hope set on God (hlpiken epi qeon). Perfect active indicative of elpizw, "hath placed her hope (and keeps it) on God." Text doubtful whether God (qeon) or Lord (Kurion).

Continues (prosmenei). See on I Timothy 1:3. With dative case here.

Night and day (nuktov kai hmerav). "By night and by day" (genitive, not accusative). Paul does not say that she should pray "all night and day."

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