God’s Word Translation
1 Timothy 5:6
6But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive.
1 Timothy 5:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
- New International Version (NIV)But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
Context of 1 Timothy 5:6
4The children or grandchildren of a widow must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents. This is pleasing in God’s sight. 5A widow who has no family has placed her confidence in God by praying and asking for his help night and day. But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead although she is still alive. 7Insist on these things so that widows will have good reputations. 8If anyone doesn’t take care of his own relatives, especially his immediate family, he has denied the Christian faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Timothy 5:6
- 1 Samuel 25:6Say to him, ‘May you live ⌞long⌟! May you, your home, and all you have prosper!
- Job 21:11They send their little children out ⌞to play⌟ like a flock of lambs, and their children dance around.
- Psalms 73:5They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued ⌞with problems⌟ like others.
- Isaiah 22:13Instead, you will rejoice, celebrate, slaughter cattle, and butcher sheep. You will eat meat, drink wine, and say, “Let’s eat and drink because tomorrow we’re going to die.”
- Amos 6:5How horrible it will be for those who make up songs as they strum a harp. Like David, they write all kinds of songs for themselves.
- Luke 12:19Then I’ll say to myself, “You’ve stored up a lot of good things for years to come. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.” ’
- Luke 15:13“After a few days, the younger son gathered his possessions and left for a country far away from home. There he wasted everything he had on a wild lifestyle.
- Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who wore expensive clothes. Every day was like a party to him.
- James 5:5You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
- Revelation 18:7She gave herself glory and luxury. Now give her just as much torture and misery. She says to herself, ‘I’m a queen on a throne, not a widow. I’ll never be miserable.’
- Deuteronomy 28:54Even the most tender and sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.
- 1 Samuel 15:32“Bring me King Agag of Amalek,” Samuel said. Agag came to him trembling. “Surely, the bitterness of death is past,” Agag said.
- Proverbs 29:21Pamper a slave from childhood, and later he will be ungrateful.
- Isaiah 47:1Go, sit in the dirt, virgin princess of Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called soft and delicate.
- Jeremiah 6:2“My people Zion are like lovely pastures.
- Lamentations 4:5Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6But she that liveth in pleasure - ̔ · She that liveth delicately - voluptuously indulging herself with dainties; it does not indicate grossly criminal pleasures; but simply means one who indulges herself in good eating and drinking, pampering her body at the expense of her mind. The word is used in reference to what we term petted and spoiled children; and a remarkable passage, is produced by Kypke, from an epistle of Theanus to Eubulus, found in Opusc…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But she that liveth in pleasure - Margin, “delicately.” The Greek word ( ́ spatalaō) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, except in James 5:5, “Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth.” It properly means to live in luxury, voluptuously; to indulge freely in eating and drinking; to yield to the indulgence of the appetites. It does not indicate grossly criminal pleasures; but the kind of pleasure connected with luxurious living, and with pampering the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-8Verses 3-8 Honour widows that are widows indeed, relieve them, and maintain them. It is the duty of children, if their parents are in need, and they are able to relieve them, to do it to the utmost of their power. Widowhood is a desolate state; but let widows trust in the Lord, and continue in prayer. All who live in pleasure, are dead while they live, spiritually dead, dead in trespasses and sins. Alas, what numbers there are of this description among…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6but she who lives for pleasure: Some widows in Ephesus lived only for pleasure. They cared more about receiving than giving to others (see also 6:17–19; James 5:5). They did not need support.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. she that liveth in pleasure--the opposite of such a widow as is described in 1Ti 5:5, and therefore one utterly undeserving of Church charity. The Greek expresses wanton prodigality and excess [Tittmann]. The root expresses weaving at a fast rate, and so lavish excess (see on Jas 5:5). dead while she liveth--dead in the Spirit while alive in the flesh (Mt 8:22; Ep 5:14).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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