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well reported of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has used hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints` feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Well reported of for good works. Of good character or reputation. (See the comments on 1 Timothy 3:7).
If she has b…
If she hath brought up children (ε ετεκνοτροφησεν). Condition of first class. Late and rare word (Aristotle, Epictetus), first aor…
19th Century
Anglican
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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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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Well reported of for good works Both by the members of the church, and by them that were without:
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle taught that widows in the Church must be cared for. Here, he specifies which ones are to be supported.
