1 Timothy 5:3

Be-valuing widows, the being-ly/actually widows.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

In Context

2elder[women] as mothers, younger[women] as sisters, in to{every purity}.

4Moreover, if any widow is-having offsprings or generated/born-out/descendant[plural], [they:] be-learning to-be-well-devoting first the own house and to-be-giving-off/away requitals/returns to{the generated/born-before-s[e.g. parents, older relatives]}, for the-same is-being received-off/away[adjective] in-sight of{the God}.

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Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:2-3

Directions Concerning Reproofs. ( a. d. 64.) 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. Here the apostle gives rules to Timothy, and in him to other ministers, in reproving. Ministers are reprovers by office; it is a part, though the least pleasing part, of their office; they are to preach the word, to reprove and rebuke, 2 Tim. iv. 2 . A great difference is to be made in our reproofs, according to the… Read the whole commentary →

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