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1 Timothy 5:7

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

1 Timothy 5:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:7

Theological / Devotional

These things. That is, the instruction concerning the care of widows (vs. 3–16).

Charge. See on chs. 1:3; 4:11. Some of Paul’s admonition was for Timothy’s personal use and some for the edification of the whole church. The information with which Timothy was charged in this epistle was especially to be enjoined publicly upon the whole church.

They. That is, all those concerned with the proper care of the widows. Both the children of widows and the church in general are to manifest to the world an irreproachable program of solicitous responsibility toward their widows. Also, the widow who lives in undignified pleasures ought to reconsider her ways so as not to deserve the reproach of both the church and the world.

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