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    1 Timothy 5

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    In the middle of all the widows, elders, witnesses, and angels comes a prescription: stop drinking only water and use a little wine for a stomach and frequent ailments.

    Widows, households, and the lively danger of an empty afternoonvv. 1–16

    The chapter begins with a household arrangement for nearly everyone: older men as fathers, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters. Widows are then sorted with remarkable care. A widow with children or grandchildren is to be supported by her family; one truly alone puts her hope in God and prays night and day; but the pleasure-seeker is declared dead while still alive, a brisk verdict with no shortage of drama. Younger widows are not to be enrolled, lest idleness send them from house to house into gossip, meddling, and forbidden conversation. The proposed remedy is marriage, children, and household management—an impressively domestic cure for wandering tongues.

    Honour, accusation, and an exceptionally serious witness standvv. 17–22

    The elders who lead well are worthy of double honor, especially those occupied with preaching and teaching; even the ox is brought in as precedent, with its muzzle respectfully left out of the grain. An accusation against an elder requires two or three witnesses, while persistent sin is to be rebuked publicly. The charge is made before God, Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, without bias or partiality. Hands should not be laid on people too quickly, lest someone acquire a share in another person's sins by administrative enthusiasm.

    A little wine, and the late arrival of the truthvv. 23–25

    Then, with no ceremony at all, comes the personal note about the stomach, the frequent ailments, and a little wine. After that, the chapter turns from immediate arrangements to delayed revelation: some sins march ahead to judgment, while others keep their coats on until later. Good deeds behave similarly. The conspicuous ones are easy enough, but even the inconspicuous cannot remain hidden forever.

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    1. 1 Tim 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

    2. 1 Tim 5:2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

    3. 1 Tim 5:3Honor the widows who are truly widows.

    4. 1 Tim 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

    5. 1 Tim 5:5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

    6. 1 Tim 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

    7. 1 Tim 5:7Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.

    8. 1 Tim 5:8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

    9. 1 Tim 5:9A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

    10. 1 Tim 5:10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

    11. 1 Tim 5:11But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

    12. 1 Tim 5:12and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.

    13. 1 Tim 5:13At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

    14. 1 Tim 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

    15. 1 Tim 5:15For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

    16. 1 Tim 5:16If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.

    17. 1 Tim 5:17Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

    18. 1 Tim 5:18For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

    19. 1 Tim 5:19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

    20. 1 Tim 5:20But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

    21. 1 Tim 5:21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.

    22. 1 Tim 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

    23. 1 Tim 5:23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

    24. 1 Tim 5:24The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

    25. 1 Tim 5:25In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.

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    • 18Deuteronomy 25:4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
    • 8Galatians 6:10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
    • 17Hebrews 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
    • 82 Corinthians 12:14See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
    • 181 Corinthians 9:14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
    • 1Leviticus 19:32You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
    • 171 Thessalonians 5:12–13But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.
    • 17Galatians 6:6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
    • 17Luke 10:7Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
    • 181 Corinthians 9:7–10Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
    • 8Luke 11:11–13What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
    • 17Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
    • 11 Peter 5:5–6Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
    • 8Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
    • 172 Timothy 2:6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
    • 17Philippians 2:29Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,

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