1 Timothy 5

1Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers, 2older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.

The Support of Widows

3Support # 5:3 Lit Honor widows # 5:3 Ex 22:22; Jms 1:27 who are genuinely in need. 4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God. 5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone has put her hope in God # 5:5 1Co 7:34 and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers; 6however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. # 5:6 Lk 15:24; Eph 2:1,5; 5:14; Rv 3:1 7Command this also, so that they will be above reproach. 8But if anyone does not provide # 5:8 Rm 12:17; 2Co 8:21 for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith # 5:8 Mt 10:33; Php 1:27; 1Tm 1:2; 2Pt 2:1; Jd 4; Rv 2:13 and is worse than an unbeliever.

9No widow is to be enrolled on the list for support unless she is at least sixty years old, has been the wife of one husband, 10and is well known for good works # 5:10 Mk 14:6; 2Co 9:8; Gl 3:10; Jms 2:14–26 — that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, # 5:10 2Jn 10 washed the saints’ feet, # 5:10 Lk 7:44; Jn 13:5–14 helped the afflicted, # 5:10 Heb 11:37 and devoted herself to every good work. # 5:10 2Co 9:8 11But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry # 5:11 1Tm 5:14 12and will therefore receive condemnation # 5:12 Mk 12:40 because they have renounced their original pledge. 13At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips # 5:13 Pr 17:9; 3Jn 10 and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say. 14Therefore, I want younger women to marry, # 5:14 Gn 2:18–25; 1Co 7:9–10; 1Tm 4:3; 5:11 have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us. # 5:14 Ti 2:4–5 15For some have already turned away # 5:15 Heb 12:13 to follow Satan. 16If any # 5:16 Other mss add believing man or believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it can help widows in genuine need.

Honoring the Elders

17The elders who are good leaders are to be considered worthy of double honor, # 5:17 Or of respect and remuneration especially those who work hard # 5:17 1Th 5:12 at preaching and teaching. 18For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain, # 5:18 Dt 25:4,# 5:18 Dt 25:4; 1Co 9:9 and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.” # 5:18 Lv 19:13; Dt 24:14–15; Mt 10:10; Lk 10:7; 1Co 9:4–14; 2Pt 2:13

19Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses. # 5:19 Dt 19:15 20Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will be afraid. 21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe # 5:21 Lk 11:28 these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism. 22Don’t be too quick to appoint # 5:22 Lit to lay hands on,# 5:22 Ex 29:10; Lv 4:15; Lk 4:40; Ac 6:6; 28:8; 1Tm 4:14; Heb 6:2 anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. # 5:22 Php 4:8 23Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. 24Some people’s sins are obvious, preceding them to judgment, # 5:24 Mt 12:41; Jn 5:22–30; Heb 9:27 but the sins of others surface # 5:24 Lit follow later. 25Likewise, good works are obvious, and those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden.

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1 Timotiyos 5

1To a Zaken do not speak harsh rebuke. Rather entreat him as an abba. Treat the bochrim as achim (brothers). 2Elderly nashim treat as imahot (mothers); younger nashim as achayot (sisters) in all hatohar (moral purity).

3Honor [with support] almanot (widows) that are really almanot. 4But if any almanah has banim or bnei banim, let the banim or bnei banim learn first to show yirat Shomayim vis-a-vis their own bais and to render recompense to the horim (parents), for this is acceptable in the sight of Hashem. 5Now the true almanah, left alone, has set her tikvah on Hashem and continues in her techinnah#5:5 2:1 and her tefillos yomam valailah. 6But the one living in ahavat ta'anugot (hedonism) has died while living. 7And insist on these things, that the almanot be irreproachable. 8But if anyone does not get a parnasah to provide for his own mishpochah and especially his own bais, he has denied the emunah#5:8 of Moshiach and is worse than an Apikoros (skeptic, unbeliever).

9Let an almanah be enrolled on the#5:9 kehillah support list if she is not less than sixty years old, nesu'ah l'ish echad (a one man woman), 10being commended by ma'asim tovim, having brought up banim, having showed hachnosas orchim, having washed the feet of the Kedoshim, having given nechamah (comfort) to the oppressed, having devoted herself to every ma'aseh tov. 11But younger almanot refuse, for, when they have ta'avah (lust), in disregard of Moshiach they want nissu'in (marriage),#5:11 see 1Ti 5:9 12Having harsha'ah (condemnation, conviction), because their first havtachah (promise, pledge to ministry) they annulled.#5:12 1Ti 5:9 13And at the same time also they learn atzlut, going around house to house, and not only idle but also platke machers (gossipy intriguers) and busybodies, speaking things they ought not. 14Therefore, I counsel younger almanot to proceed with nissu'in (marriage), to bear banim, to manage the bais, giving no occasion to the mitnagged (opponent, antagonist) to reproach us. 15For already some almanot have turned aside to follow HaSatan. 16If any ma'aminah (believing woman) has in her mishpochah (family) almanot, let her assist her almanot and let not Moshiachʼs Kehillah be burdened, that indeed Moshiachʼs Kehillah may assist the ones who are true almanot.#5:16 1Ti 5:9

17Let the Zekenim#5:17 see Ex 12:21 (elders) who have ruled well be considered worthy of double kavod, especially the Zekenim laboring in Messianic hatafah (preaching) and Messianic hora'ah (teaching). 18For the Kitvei HaKodesh says, LO TACHSOM SHOR BEDISHO (You shall not muzzle the ox while he is treading out the grain),#5:18 Dt 25:4 and “Worthy is the workman of his wages.”#5:18 see Lk 10:7 19Do not receive an accusation against a Zaken (Elder), unless on the PI SHNI EDIM O AL PI SHLOSHA EDIM (testimony of two or three witnesses).#5:19 Dt 19:15 20The Zekenim that are sinning, expose before all, that the rest also may have yirat Shomayim. 21I charge you before Hashem and Moshiach Yehoshua and the malachim habechirim (chosen angels) that these directives you keep without discrimination, doing nothing on the mekor (basis) of masoh panim (partiality). 22Give s'michah quickly to no one nor participate in the chatta'im (sins) of others; keep yourself tahor. 23No longer drink only mayim, but use a little yayin because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. 24With some, their chatta'im are obvious, going before them to mishpat, but with others, some chatta'im indeed follow after them.#5:24 to the Yom HaDin 25Likewise, also ma'asim tovim are borur (obvious), but even when they are not, they cannot be hidden.

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