New King James Version
1 Timothy 5:6
6But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
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 Living Translation (NLT)But the widow who lives only for pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives.
Context of 1 Timothy 5:6
4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God. 5Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. 7And these things command, that they may be blameless. 8But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Cross-references for 1 Timothy 5:6
- 1 Samuel 25:6And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity: ‘Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!
- Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
- Psalms 73:5They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men.
- Isaiah 22:13But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Amos 6:5Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
- Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
- Luke 15:13And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.
- Luke 16:19“There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
- James 5:5You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
- Revelation 18:7In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
- Deuteronomy 28:54The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,
- 1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
- Proverbs 29:21He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end.
- Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate.
- Jeremiah 6:2I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman.
- Lamentations 4:5Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
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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