1 Timothy

1 Timothy 5

1Directions to Timothy how to admonish persons of different conditions. 3Concerning widows. 17Elders, if they do well, are to be doubly honoured; 19and are not to be censured without full proof; and then openly and impartially. 22A caution not to ordain any one precipitately. 23Advice respecting Timothy's health. 24Some men's characters are more easily discerned than those of others.


1aREBUKE not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

a Le. 19.3,32. v.19. 2Ti. 2.24,25; 4.2. Mat. 18.15-17. Ga. 6.1,2.

2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, bwith all purity.

b ch. 4.12. 2Ti. 2.22. 2Co. 6.6. 1Th. 5.22.

3cHonour widows that are widows indeed.

c Ex. 22.22. Ps. 68.5. 1Pe. 3.3. Ac. 6.1. v.4,5,10,16.

4But if any widow have children or nephews, dlet them learn first to shew 1piety at home, and to requite their parents: efor that is good and acceptable before God.

1Or, kindness.

d Ge. 45.10,11; 47.12. Mat. 15.4-6. Ep. 6.1,2. Ru. 2.18. e ch. 2.3; 3.13. Ep. 4.1; 5.9,10. Col. 1.10. Phi. 4.8,18. He. 13.16; 6.10.

5fNow she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers gnight and day.

f Lu. 2.36,37; 18.1. 1Co. 7.32. Ep. 6.18. g 1Th. 2.9.

6hBut she that liveth 2in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

2Or, delicately.

h Lu. 16.19. Mat. 8.22. Re. 3.1. Ja. 5.5.

7iAnd these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

i ch. 1.3; 4.11; 6.17. 2Ti. 4.2. Tit. 2.15; 1.15. ch. 4.16. Ja. 1.27.

8jBut if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his 3own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than kan infidel.

3Or, kindred.

j Is. 58.7. Ga. 6.10. 2Co. 12.14. 2Ti. 3.5. Tit. 1.16. Lu. 12.47,48. k 1Co. 6.6.

9Let not a widow be 4taken into the number under threescore years old, lhaving been the wife of one man,

4Or, chosen.

l ch. 3.2,12. Tit. 1.6. Lu. 2.36.

10mWell reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

m Ac. 6.3; 9.39. ch. 3.4,7,12. 1Pe. 4.9. He. 13.2. Ge. 18.4; 19.2. Lu. 7.38,44. Jn. 13.5,14. Ac. 16.15,16. Ro. 12.15. Phi. 4.8. Lu. 1.6.

11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to nwax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

n De. 32.15. Ho. 13.6.

12oHaving damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

o He. 6.4,6; 10.26-31,38. Re. 2.4.

13And *withal pthey learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but qtattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

*withal-also.

p Tit. 2.3,5. Le. 19.16. Pr. 11.13; 20.19; 18.8; 26.20,22. Eze. 22.9. 2Th. 3.10,11,14. q 3Jn. 10.

14rI will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, sguide the house, give none occasion to the adversary 5to speak reproachfully.

5Gr. for their railing.

r 1Co. 7.9. v.8. Ep. 6.4. Tit. 2.8. s Tit. 2.5.

15For some tare already turned aside after Satan.

t Phi. 2.21; 3.17,18. 2Ti. 1.15; 2.18; 4.10. Ga. 3.1.

16uIf any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are vwidows indeed.

u v.4. Ge. 45.10,11; 47.12. Mat. 15.4. Ep. 6.1,2. Ru. 2.18. v v.3,5,9,10.

17wLet the elders that rule well be counted worthy of xdouble honour, especially they who ylabour in the word and doctrine.

w Ro. 15.27. 1Co. 9.14. Ga. 6.6. Phi. 2.29. 1Th. 5.12,13. Pr. 3.9. He. 13.7,17. 1Co. 12.28. Ac. 11.30. ch. 4.14. x Ac. 28.10. 2Ki. 2.9. Is. 40.2. Je. 16.18; 17.18. Zec. 9.12. y Ro. 12.6-8. Ep. 4.11. 1Co. 1.14-17. Ac. 6.2,4. 2Ti. 4.2. ch. 4.16.

18For the scripture saith, zThou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

z De. 25.4. 1Co. 9.9. Mat. 10.10. Le. 19.13. De. 24.14,15. Lu. 10.7.

19Against aan elder receive not an accusation, but 6before btwo or three witnesses.

6Or, under, De. 19.15.

a Ac. 11.30. ch. 4.14. b Mat. 18.16. Jn. 8.17. 2Co. 13.1. He. 10.28. De. 17.6; 19.15,18.

20Them that sin crebuke before all, that others also may fear.

c Ga. 2.11,14. Le. 19.17. De. 13.11. Tit. 1.13; 2.15. 2Ti. 4.2.

21dI charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the eelect angels, that thou observe these things f7without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

7Or, without prejudice.

d ch. 6.13. 1Th. 5.27. 2Ti. 2.14; 4.1. Ga. 1.20. e Re. 12.7-9. f Le. 19.15. De. 1.17; 17.4; 19.18. Pr. 18.5. 2Th. 2.5.

22gLay hands hsuddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

g Ac. 6.6; 13.3. ch. 4.14. 2Ti. 1.6; 2.2. h ch. 3.10. Jos. 9.14. Ep. 5.11. ch. 4.12. 2Jn. 11.

23iDrink no longer water, but use ja little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

i Ps. 104.15. Pr. 31.6. Ep. 5.29. j ch. 3.3,8.

24kSome men's sins are open beforehand, lgoing before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

k Ac. 8.18; 1.16,17. Ga. 5.19,20. l Tit. 3.11.

25mLikewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

m Ga. 5.22,23. Phi. 4.8. 1Pe. 3.8-16.