Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
she that liveth in pleasure—the opposite of such a widow as is described in I Timothy 5:5, and therefore one utterly undeserving of Church charity. The Greek expresses wanton prodigality and excess [TITTMANN]. The root expresses weaving at a fast rate, and so lavish excess (see on James 5:5).
dead while she liveth—dead in the Spirit while alive in the flesh (Matthew 8:22; Ephesians 5:14).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Timothy 5:6:
Romans 8:6
Ephesians 2:1
1 Timothy 5:3
1 Timothy 5:5
1 Timothy 5:7
Revelation 3:1
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