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A Life of Proven Service
Commentators explain that this list of good works is not a rigid checklist but a set of character qualifications. To be enrolled for church support and service, a widow needed a well-known reputation for practical godliness, demonstrating her fitness for continued ministry through a lifetime of faithful actions.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 5:10
18th Century
Theologian
Well reported of for good works. Of good character or reputation. (See the comments on 1 Timothy 3:7).
If she has b…
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 5:10
If she hath brought up children (ε ετεκνοτροφησεν). Condition of first class. Late and rare word (Aristotle, Epictetus), first aor…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 5:10
19th Century
Bishop
Well reported of for good works.—Not only must people have no evil to say of her, but she must be well known for her good…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Timothy 5:10
Having defined a real widow as one bereft of all relatives to take care of her, Paul now restricts the matter further by saying that no widow under…
John Calvin
On 1 Timothy 5:10
16th Century
Theologian
For good works Those qualifications which are next listed relate partly to honor, and partly to labor. There can be no doubt that the asse…
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 5:10
17th Century
Pastor
Well reported of for good works
Both by the members of the church, and by them that were without:
Matthew Henry
On 1 Timothy 5:9–16
17th Century
Minister
Everyone brought into any office in the church should be free from just censure; and many are proper objects of charity, yet should not be employed…