1 Timothy 5:5

1 Timothy 5:5 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help.

Context of 1 Timothy 5:5

3Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

1 Timothy 5:5 word by word

Ἡ δὲ ὄντως χήρα καὶ μεμονωμένη ἤλπικεν ἐπὶ θεὸν καὶ προσμένει ταῖς δεήσεσιν καὶ ταῖς προσευχαῖς νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας·Read the interlinear

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• she thatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• isὄντωςontōs · reallyG3689
• a widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• desolateμονόωmonoō · to leave aloneG3443
• trustethἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• continueth inπροσμένωprosmenō · to remain/persistG4357
• supplicationsδέησιςdeēsis · petitionG1162
• prayersπροσευχήproseuchē · prayerG4335
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 5:5

• 1 Timothy 5:3Honour widows that are widows indeed.
• Romans 1:5By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• 1 Corinthians 7:32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
• Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
• Isaiah 49:21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
• Isaiah 54:1Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.
• Lamentations 1:13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
• Ruth 2:12The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
• Psalms 91:4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
• Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Isaiah 50:10Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
• 1 Peter 3:5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
• Luke 2:37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
• Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Acts 26:7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
• Ephesians 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And desolate - · Left entirely alone - having neither children nor relatives to take care of her. Trusteth in God - Finding she has no other helper, she continues in prayer and supplication, that she may derive that from God which, in the course of his providence, he has deprived her of among men.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5A widow indeed, and desolate - The word rendered “desolate” means “solitary, alone.” It does not necessarily imply the idea of discomfort which we attach to the word desolate. The sense is, that she had no children or other descendants; none on whom she could depend for support. Trusteth in God - She has no one else to look to but God. She has no earthly reliance, and, destitute of husband, children, and property, she feels her dependence, and steadily…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. 5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone: Women in this situation could only rely on their hope in God (Psalms 68:5; 146:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. widow indeed, and desolate--contrasted with her who has children or grandchildren to support her (1Ti 5:4). trusteth in God--perfect tense in Greek, "hath rested, and doth rest her hope in God." 1Ti 5:5 adds another qualification in a widow for Church maintenance, besides her being" desolate" or destitute of children to support her. She must be not one "that liveth in pleasure" (1Ti 5:6), but one making God her main hope (the accusative in Greek…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 5:5

• Commandments
• Minister, Christian
• Prayerfulness
• Widow
• Women

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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