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An Official Church Role
Commentators explain that the 'enrollment' was for an official list of widows supported by the church. This was not merely a charity roll, but a recognized group. In return for support, these women were expected to have a history of good works and likely served the church in some capacity, such as mentoring younger women, making this a formal role for older, godly women in the early church.
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1 Timothy
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Timothy 5:9
18th Century
Theologian
Let not a widow be taken into the number. The marginal reading, chosen, expresses the sense of the Greek more accurately, but the…
AT Robertson
On 1 Timothy 5:9
Let none be enrolled as a widow (χηρα καταλεγεσθω). Present passive imperative of καταλεγω, old verb, to set down in an official l…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Timothy 5:9
19th Century
Bishop
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old.—The question concerning the assistance to be provide…
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On 1 Timothy 5:9
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 5:9
16th Century
Theologian
Let a widow be chosen. He again points out what kind of widows should be taken under the care of the Church; and more clearly than he had …
John Gill
On 1 Timothy 5:9
17th Century
Pastor
Let not a widow be taken into the number
That is, of widows, to be maintained by the church; though some choose to u…
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…