Vincent Word Studies - 1 Timothy 5:10

Vincent Word Studies - 1 Timothy 5:10 - 5:10

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Vincent Word Studies - 1 Timothy 5:10 - 5:10

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Well reported of (μαρτυρουμένη)

Lit. born witness to or attested, as Act 6:3; Act 10:22; Heb 11:2. Comp. μαρτυρίαν καλὴν ἔχειν to have good testimony, 1Ti 3:7.

For good works (ἐν ἔργοις καλοῖς)

Lit. in good works; in the matter of. Comp. 1Ti 6:18; Tit 2:7; Tit 3:8, Tit 3:14. In the Gospels, ἔργον work appears with καλὸς and never with ἀγαθὸς. In Paul, always with ἀγαθὸς and never with καλὸς Kings In the Pastorals, with both. The phrase includes good deeds of all kinds, and not merely special works of beneficence. Comp. Act 9:36.

If (εἰ)

Introducing the details of the general expression good works.

Have brought up children (ἐτεκνοτρόφησεν)

N.T.o. olxx; very rare in Class. The children may have been her own or others'.

Lodged strangers (ἐξενοδόχησεν)

N.T.o. olxx. On the duty of hospitality comp. 1Ti 3:2; Mat 25:35; Rom 12:13; Heb 13:2; 1Pe 4:9; 3Jo 1:5.

Washed the feet

A mark of Oriental hospitality bestowed on the stranger arriving from a journey, and therefore closely associated with lodged strangers.

Of the saints (ἁγίων)

Ἅγιος is rare in Class. In lxx, the standard word for holy. Its fundamental idea is setting apart, as in Class., devoted to the gods. In O.T., set apart to God, as priests; as the Israelites consecrated to God. In N.T., applied to Christians. Ideally, it implies personal holiness. It is used of God, Christ, John the Baptist, God's law, the Spirit of God. Paul often uses οἱ ἅγιοι as a common designation of Christians belonging to a certain region or community, as Phi 1:1; 2Co 1:1; Col 1:2. In such cases it does not imply actual holiness, but holiness obligatory upon those addressed, as consecrated persons, and appropriate to them. What ought to be is assumed as being. In this sense not in the Gospels (unless, possibly, Mat 27:52) or in the Epistles of Peter and John. Rare in Acts.

Relieved (ἐπήρκεσεν)

Only here and 1Ti 5:16. Comp. 1 Macc. 8:26; 11:35. Common in Class. Originally, to suffice for, to be strong enough for, as in Homer, where it is always used in connection with danger or injury. See Il. ii. 873; Od. xvii. 568. Hence, to ward off, help, assist.

The afflicted (θλιβομένοις)

See on tribulation, Mat 13:21, and comp. 2Co 1:6; 2Co 4:8; 2Th 1:6, 2Th 1:7; Heb 11:37.

Diligently followed (ἐπακο ουθησεν)

Comp. 1Ti 5:24. Ἑπὶ after or close upon. oP. Once in the disputed verses at the end of Mark (Mar 16:20), and 1Pe 2:21. Comp. the use of διώκειν pursue, Rom 9:30; Rom 12:13; 1Co 14:1; 1Th 5:15.