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1 Timothy 5:3 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 5 · verse 3
Honour widows that are widows indeed.1 Timothy 5:3 · King James Version
1 Timothy 5:3 in context
1Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Honourtimaōto estimate, fix the value, for the value of something belonging to one's self, to…G5091 →
- widowschēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
- indeedontōstruly, in reality, in point of fact, as opp. to what is pretended, fictitious, false…G3689 →
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Directions are here given concerning the taking of widows into the number of those who were employed by the church and had maintenance from the church: Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honour them, that is, maintain them, admit them into office.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-16