1 Timóteo 5

1 Timóteo 5

Meyer - Our Daily Homily - 1 Timothy 5:5 She that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God. Art thou desolate indeed, because the light of thine eyes has passed from view, leaving thee immeasurably lonely? Dear soul, do not look down into the grave which has received the precious mortal frame, but up into the face of God. He lent thee thy beloved. From the tune of the first knitting of soul with soul he was but a loan for a specified time; and wouldst thou not rather have had him for so short a time than not at all? Wouldst thou not have said, had God asked thee, “I would rather have a year or a month of such love as his than none? “Do not be angry because God has done as He always intended. Besides, that beloved one is still thine. Thy love so entered into his heart that it could not be eradicated, though ages should pass. Do not suppose that death is so mighty a magician as to alter the very nature of those who pass for a moment beneath his wand. And God will care for thee. Trust Him for society, that thou be not lonely; for the provision of what is necessary to thy support; and for the protecting love which thy shrinking nature calls for. Thy Maker will be thy husband Wouldst thou be comforted, continue in prayers and supplications for others night and day. Cease to shut thyself up with thy sorrow, and go out to minister comfort to those who sorrow as without hope. A Hindoo story tells of a bereaved mother, who was advised to obtain a handful of corn from a house where there was no trouble, and was so occupied in seeking it, and in comforting the inmates of the various homes she visited, that her own grief was assuaged. 1 Timothy 5:6 But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives. BGT 1 Timothy 5:6 ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν. KJV 1 Timothy 5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. NET 1 Timothy 5:6 But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. CSB 1 Timothy 5:6 however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. ESV 1 Timothy 5:6 but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. NIV 1 Timothy 5:6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. NLT 1 Timothy 5:6 But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives. NRS 1 Timothy 5:6 but the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. NJB 1 Timothy 5:6 The one who thinks only of pleasure is already dead while she is still alive: NAB 1 Timothy 5:6 But the one who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives. YLT 1 Timothy 5:6 and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died; GWN 1 Timothy 5:6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive. she (KJV): 1Sa 25:6 Job 21:11-15 Ps 73:5-7 Isa 22:13 Am 6:5,6 Lu 12:19 Lu 15:13 16:19 Jas 5:5 Rev 18:7 pleasure (KJV): or, delicately, De 28:54,56 1Sa 15:32 Pr 29:21 Isa 47:1 Jer 6:2 La 4:5 Lu 7:25 dead (KJV): Mt 8:22 Lu 15:24,32 2Co 5:14,15 Eph 2:1,5 5:14 Col 2:13 Rev 3:1 WARNING TO WANTON WIDOWS But (term of contrast) - The context is still widows. But here Paul calls out the contrasting picture (with prior passage) of "wanton widows." She who gives herself to wanton pleasure (spatalao in present tense = her lifestyle; active voice = her personal choice) is dead (thnesko) even while she lives (zao - physically lives) - Alive but dead! This widow continually behaves either in an inhuman way (as in cruel and wanton behavior), or behaves in a lewd or bawdy (especially in a sexual context). Dead speaks of spiritually dead (cf Eph 2:1, Col 2:13) and the perfect tense signifies this is her abiding state (permanent condition). John