Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
That believeth (pisth). "Believing woman."
Hath widows (exei xhrav). The "any believing woman" is one of the household-rulers of verse I Timothy 5:14. The "widows" here are the widows dependent on her and who are considered as candidates to be enrolled in the list.
Let her relieve them (eparkeitw autaiv). For this verb (imperative present active) see verse I Timothy 5:10.
Let not be burdened (mh bareisqw). Present passive imperative (in prohibition mh) of barew, old verb (barov, burden), Pauline word (II Corinthians 1:8).
That are widows indeed (taiv ontwv xhraiv). Dative case with eparkesh (first aorist active subjunctive with ina, final clause). See verse I Timothy 5:3 for this use of ontwv with xhraiv "the qualified and enrolled widows." Cf. verse I Timothy 5:9.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 5:16:
1 Timothy 5:3
1 Timothy 5:10
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