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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Timothy 5:3 - 5:3
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Honour - by setting on the church roll, as fit objects of charitable sustenance (1Ti 5:9, 1Ti 5:17, 1Ti 5:18; Act 6:1). So “honor” is used for support with necessaries (Mat 15:4, Mat 15:6; Act 28:10).
widows indeed - (1Ti 5:16). Those really desolate; not like those (1Ti 5:4) having children or relations answerable for their support, nor like those (in 1Ti 5:6) “who live in pleasure”; but such as, from their earthly desolation as to friends, are most likely to trust wholly in God, persevere in continual prayers, and carry out the religious duties assigned to Church widows (1Ti 5:5). Care for widows was transferred from the Jewish economy to the Christian (Deu 14:29; Deu 16:11; Deu 24:17, Deu 24:19).