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1Ti_5:6. Ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ] The opposite of the ὄντως χήρα who has dedicated her life to piety. Σπαταλᾷν , “revel, be wanton,” occurs elsewhere only in Jam_5:5 (Wisd. 21:15). There is nothing to show that the apostle was here thinking of the squandering of the support received.
ζῶσα τέθνηκε ] These words have been taken as exhorting Timothy to consider the wanton widow as dead, and not to support her; but this takes away all point from the words. The right meaning is obtained by comparing such passages as Eph_4:18, Rev_3:1, and others similar. While the widow who conducts herself as a widow should, lives in God, the wanton widow leads a life given up to the desires of the world, a life only in appearance, the very opposite of the true life. Theophylact: κἂν δοκεῖ ζῆν κατὰ τὴν αἰσθητὴν , τέθνηκε κατὰ πνεῦμα .