1 Timotius 5:1

Instructions about Specific Groups

5:1 Do not address an older man harshly ¹  but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, ² 

1 Timotius 5:9

5:9 No widow should be put on the list ³  unless ⁴  she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband, ⁵ 

1 Timotius 6:15

6:15 – whose appearing ⁶  the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.

1 Timotius 6:18

6:18 Tell them to do good, ⁷  to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others. ⁸ 

[5:1]  ¹ tn Or “Do not speak harshly to an older man.”

[5:1]  ² tn No verb “speak” is stated in this clause, but it continues the sense of the preceding.

[5:9]  ³ sn This list was an official enrollment, apparently with a formal pledge to continue as a widow and serve the Lord in that way (cf. v. 12). It was either (1) the list of “true widows” who were given support by the church or (2) a smaller group of older women among the supported widows who were qualified for special service (perhaps to orphans, other widows, the sick, etc.). Most commentators understand it to be the former, since a special group is not indicated clearly. See G. W. Knight, Pastoral Epistles, 222-23 for discussion.

[5:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “let a widow be enrolled if she has reached not less than sixty years.”

[5:9]  ⁵ tn Or “a woman married only once,” “was devoted solely to her husband” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; Titus 1:6).

[6:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “which.” All of 1 Tim 6:15 is a relative clause which refers back to “appearing” in v.14. The phrase “whose appearing” was supplied to clarify this connection.

[6:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “to do good” (the continuation of 6:17). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 18.

[6:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “to be generous,” “sharing.”