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Lesson 6

• Key Questions for Chapter 5
• With what attitude are members to exhort one
  another?
• How are older women (specifically, widows) to be
  treated?
• How are older men (specifically, those who rule)
  to be treated?
• What sort of evaluation should the church make
  before giving approval to anyone?

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Outline of Chapter 5

• Church Internal Responsibilities (Ch. 5-6)
• Toward Older Men and Women (51-20)
• Admonition to Timothy Act Deliberately and
• Without Prejudice (521-25)
• Toward Masters (61-2)
• Toward False Teachers (63-5)
• Toward Rich (66-19)
• Admonition to Timothy Guard your Trust (620-21)

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With what attitude are members to exhort one
another?

• How are older men (presbuvtero")/ not to be
  corrected?
• (1 Tim 51 NKJV) Do not rebuke an older man,
• (1 Tim 51 NASB) Do not sharply rebuke an older
  man,
• The Greek word for rebuke in verse 1
  (ejpiplhvssw) means to rebuke harshly--a
  figurative extension of striking at
• The word for rebuke in verse 20 is a different
  Greek word (ejlevgcw) that means to expose,
  convict, correct

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With what attitude are members to exhort one
another?--Contd

• How are fellow Christians to be corrected?
• (1 Tim 51 NKJV) Do not rebuke an older man,
  but exhort him as a father, younger men as
  brothers,
• (1 Tim 52 NKJV) older women as mothers,
  younger as sisters, with all purity.
• (Gal 61 NKJV) Brethren, if a man is overtaken
  in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore
  such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering
  yourself lest you also be tempted.
• The word exhort is encourage--from to call
  to ones side.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?

• Which widows, based on need, are to be given
  special treatment by the church?
• (1 Tim 53 NKJV) Honor widows who are really
  widows.
• (1 Tim 516 NKJV) If any believing man or woman
  has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let
  the church be burdened, that it may relieve those
  who are really widows.
• (1 Tim 55 NKJV) Now she who is really a widow,
  and left alone, trusts in God and continues in
  supplications and prayers night and day.
• Widow means having a deficiency.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Contd

• What kind of special treatment is to be given to
  the truly needy widows?
• (1 Tim 53 NKJV) Honor widows who are really
  widows.
• (1 Tim 516 NKJV) If any believing man or woman
  has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let
  the church be burdened, that it may relieve those
  who are really widows.
• The special qualifications given here indicate
  more. Likely they imply fully supported.
• What are the implications of verse 16 on the
  acceptability of a church supporting widows today
  (e.g., a widows home or orphans home)?

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Contd

• Who has the first responsibility to take care of
  needy widows?
• (1 Tim 54 NKJV) But if any widow has children
  or grandchildren, let them first learn to show
  piety at home and to repay their parents for
  this is good and acceptable before God.
• (1 Tim 516 NKJV) If any believing man or woman
  has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let
  the church be burdened, that it may relieve those
  who are really widows.
• (1 Tim 58 NKJV) But if anyone does not provide
  for his own, and especially for those of his
  household, he has denied the faith and is worse
  than an unbeliever.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Contd

• What qualifications did/do widows have to meet to
  be supported by the church?
• They must
• Be truly needy.
• (1 Tim 53 NKJV) Honor widows who are really
  widows.
• Have no one else to provide for them.
• (1 Tim 54 NASB) but if any widow has children
  or grandchildren, let them ... make some return
  to their parents
• Be at least 60 years old.
• (1 Tim 59 NKJV) Do not let a widow under sixty
  years old be taken into the number,

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Contd

• What qualifications did/do widows have to meet to
  be supported by the church?--Contd
• They must--Contd
• Have been married only once.
• (1 Tim 59 NKJV) Do not let a widow under sixty
  years old be taken into the number, and not
  unless she has been the wife of one man,
• (1 Tim 59 Moffatt) and she must have been
  only once married,
• (1 Tim 59 NIV) Footnote Or has had but one
  husband.
• (1 Tim 59 Greek-English Interlinear)
• eJno" ajndro" gunhv
• of one man the wife

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Contd

• What qualifications did/do widows have to meet to
  be supported by the church?--Contd
• They must--Contd
• Have a reputation of good works.
• (1 Tim 510 NKJV) well reported for good works
  if she has brought up children, if she has lodged
  strangers, if she has washed the saints feet, if
  she has relieved the afflicted, if she has
  diligently followed every good work.
• These are examples of good works, not a checklist
  of specific requirements.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Contd

• Why were younger widows to be refused?
• (1 Tim 511-12 NKJV) But refuse the younger
  widows for when they have begun to grow wanton
  against Christ, they desire to marry, having
  condemnation because they have cast off their
  first faith.
• (1 Tim 513 NKJV) And besides they learn to be
  idle, wan-dering about from house to house, and
  not only idle but also gossips and busybodies,
  saying things which they ought not.
• What were to be the goals of the younger widows?
• (1 Tim 514-15 NKJV) Therefore I desire that
  the younger widows marry, bear children, manage
  the house, give no opportunity to the adversary
  to speak reproachfully. For some have already
  turned aside after Satan.

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How are older men (specifically, those who rule)
to be treated?--Contd

• What honor is due the older men who rule?
• (1 Tim 517 NKJV) Let the elders who rule well
  be counted worthy of double honor, especially
  those who labor in the word and doctrine.
• Elder is from the same Greek word
  (presbuvtero") as older men in verse 1.
• Honor is not necessarily support (I Tim. 61).
• Double honor could mean the following

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How are older men (specifically, those who rule)
to be treated?--Contd

• What can we conclude from Pauls reference to two
  quotes as Scripture?
• (1 Tim 518 NKJV) For the Scripture says, You
  shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the
  grain, and, The laborer is worthy of his
  wages.
• (Deu 254 NKJV) You shall not muzzle an ox
  while it treads out the grain.
• (Luke 107 NKJV) And remain in the same house,
  eating and drinking such things as they give, for
  the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go
  from house to house.
• Note The phrase in Luke 107 is also the same
  in Greek as I Tim. 518. Also, recall II Pet.
  315-16

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How are older men (specifically, those who rule)
to be treated?--Contd

• Are older men, even those who rule, exempt from
  correction?
• (1 Tim 519 NKJV) Do not receive an accusation
  against an elder except from two or three
  witnesses.
• (1 Tim 520 NKJV) Those who are sinning rebuke
  in the presence of all, that the rest also may
  fear.
• What is reason for public exposure and
  correction?
• (1 Tim 520 NKJV) Those who are sinning rebuke
  in the presence of all, that the rest also may
  fear.

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What sort of evaluation should be done before
giving approval to anyone?

• How should all evaluations (for appointing
  bishops, or selecting widows, or other approvals)
  be conducted?
• (1 Tim 521 NKJV) I charge you before God and
  the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that
  you observe these things without prejudice, doing
  nothing with partiality.
• (James 21 NKJV) My brethren, do not hold the
  faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of
  glory, with partiality.

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What sort of evaluation should be done before
giving approval to anyone?--Contd

• Why is it important to do a thorough
  investigation?
• (1 Tim 522 NKJV) Do not lay hands on anyone
  hastily, nor share in other people's sins keep
  yourself pure.
• (2 John 111 KJV) For he that biddeth him God
  speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
• Do thorough investigations work?
• (1 Tim 524 NKJV) Some men's sins are clearly
  evident, preceding them to judgment, but those of
  some men follow later.
• (1 Tim 525 NKJV) Likewise, the good works of
  some are clearly evident, and those that are
  otherwise cannot be hidden.

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What sort of evaluation should be done before
giving approval to anyone?--Contd

• What conclusion can be drawn from verse 23 about
  using alcoholic beverages?
• (1 Tim 523 NKJV) No longer drink only water,
  but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and
  your frequent infirmities.
• That Timothy had to be instructed to use this
  substance.
• That the allowed use was specifically for a
  medicinal purpose.
• Note We cannot infer any alcoholic content from
  the word used. The Greek oi\no" refers to grape
  juice in any form.
• Note Grape juice (unfermented) was so healthful
  that it was used for illnesses.
• See Bible Wines, William Patton Archaeology
  and Bible History, Joseph Free.

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What to Remember.

• From Chapter 5
• Christians are to encourage/exhort one another,
  as they would a beloved family member.
• Widows are to be fully supported by the church
  only if they meet need, age, marital, and
  behavioral/reputation standards.
• Older men who rule are to be given special honor,
  but not exempted from correction.
• The church should make careful examination of
  those given special visibility in the church in
  order to identify both good and bad qualities and
  reputations.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Backup

• What qualifications did/do widows have to meet to
  be supported by the church?--Contd
• They must--Contd
• Have been married only once.--Contd
• Wordsworths New Testament in the Original Greek
  (Vol. II, p. 446), referring to I Tim. 59, says
• It is clear that those words (enos andros
  gune) do not signify the wife of not more than
  one husband at a time, for they are spoken of a
  chera, or widow, who has no husband at all but
  they mean a woman who has not been married more
  than once.
• F. C. Cook, The Bible Commentary, (Vol. IX, page
  786) says
• neither having been divorced and married again,
  nor (probably) having remarried after the death
  of her first husband.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Backup

• What qualifications did/do widows have to meet to
  be supported by the church?--Contd
• They must--Contd
• Have been married only once.--Contd
• A. T. Robertson,Word Pictures in the New
  Testament (p. 585) says
• Widows on this list must not be married a
  second time.
• Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old and New
  Testaments (Vol. 24, p. 178) says
• The correct interpretation probably is, to
  refer it to one who had been married but once,
  and who, after her husband had died, had remained
  a widow.
• I cannot doubt, therefore, that he meant to
  exclude those from the number here referred to
  who had been married the second time.

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How are older women (specifically widows) to be
treated?--Backup

• What qualifications did/do widows have to meet to
  be supported by the church?--Contd
• They must--Contd
• Have been married only once.--Contd
• A. T. Marvin Vincent, Vincents Words Studies
• Vincent concludes that the injunction is
  probably aimed at remarriage after death or
  divorce.