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1 Timothy 5:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

1 Timothy 5:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:6

Theological / Devotional

In pleasure. Or, “luxuriously.” Paul gives no admonition to the church regarding this widow, who seems to be well provided for, presumably by her new admirers. Apparently she has exchanged the dignity befitting her age and religious profession for the gaiety of her new freedom.

Dead. That is, spiritually dead “in trespasses and sins” (see on Eph. 2:1–5; Jude 12; Rev. 3:1).

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