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+# 1 TIMOTHY 5
+## 5:1-2
+
+### How was Timothy to treat older people?
+
+Paul told Timothy to respect older men and women in the same way he would respect a father or mother.
+Paul wrote Timothy not to “scold” an older man. That is, Timothy was not to speak harshly or disrespect an
+older man.
+
+See: Leviticus 19:32
+
+### How was Timothy to treat younger people?
+
+Paul told Timothy to treat younger people in the same way he treated his own brothers and sister.
+Particularly, Paul told Timothy to encourage younger women with all “purity.” That is, Timothy was to
+honor and to protect younger women. Also, Timothy was treat younger women with moral purity. That is,
+he was not to commit sexual immorality, by thinking or doing the wrong things.
+
+**Advice to Translator: in English, a person cannot do sexual immorality, they “commit” sexual
+immorality.**:
+
+See: Sexual immorality
+
+## 5:3-16
+
+### What was a “real widow”?
+
+Any woman whose husband died was a “widow.” However, Paul was writing about a widow who did not
+have anyone to care for her and not a widow whose family was able to help her (see: 5:16). The church was
+to help only widows who had no one and nothing to help them.
+
+See: Deuteronomy 10:18, 14:29, 24:17-22; Isaiah 1:17; James 1:27
+
+See: Church
+
+**Advice to Translators: Since every woman who has lost a husband is a widow, the translator needs to
+make a way to say that this is a “widow who is in need of someone to care for her.”**:
+
+### Why did Paul write that families need to care for a widowed mother or grandmother?
+
+Paul wrote that children and grandchildren need to “honor” the widows in their family. Also, they needed
+to she had food and a place to live. If Christians cared for widows in their family, this was “pleasing to
+God”.
+
+**Advice to translators: A woman whose husband died was “widowed.”**:
+
+### Why did Paul write, “puts her certain hope in God”?
+
+Paul wrote that a widow “puts her certain hope in God.” Some scholars think Paul wrote about a widow
+who placed her trust in God’s promises. She trusted God, not only for the promise to live with him in
+heaven forever, but also that God would help her during her life. Other scholars think Paul described a
+widow as someone who completely depended on God for her needs. For these reasons, a real widow prayed
+constantly for God to give her what she needed.
+
+See: 1 Timothy 4:10; Isaiah 40:31; Romans 5:5
+
+### Why did Paul write, “dead, even though she is still alive”?
+
+Paul wrote about certain widows as women who lived simply for their own “pleasure.” That is, they had a
+lot of money and did what they thought would make them happy. He said they were “dead, even though
+they were still alive.” That is,  though they had life physically, they did not have spiritual life. That is, they
+did not worship God or depend on Him for their needs.
+
+See: Ephesians 2:3; James 5:5;
+
+See: Die (Death); Spirit (Spiritual); Born Again (New Life, Regeneration)
+
+### Why did Paul write, “denied the faith”?
+
+Paul wrote that people “denied the faith.” Scholars think Paul wrote to “deny” the faith to write about
+people that said they believed in Jesus but they did not do the things that honor God.  
+
+See: Faith (Believe In)
+
+### What did the word, “enrolled” mean?
+
+The word “enrolled”(καταλέγω/g2639) was used to talk about making someone a part of a group. Scholars
+think two different things about why widows were enrolled in the church.
+1. Some scholars think the church made a list of widows (and perhaps also some women who never
+married). These women did special things for the church.
+2. Other scholars think that the list was simply the widows the church supported. These women did
+not do anything special for the church.
+
+See: Church
+
+### Why did Paul write “wife of one husband”?
+
+Paul wrote “wife of one husband.” This can also be written “a husband of one wife” (see: 3:2), “a woman
+of one man” or “of one husband.” Some scholars think Paul wrote about a woman who married only once.
+Other scholars think Paul wrote about women who remained faithful to their husbands during their
+marriage.
+
+### How did a widow wash the feet of the saints?
+In  the ancient world, people washed the feet of people who came to their home. This honored the people
+who came to their home. Usually, slaves or women did this (see: Genesis 18:4; 1 Samuel 25:41; John 13:4-
+12). Some scholars think Paul wrote about a woman who washed other Christian’s  feet. Other scholars
+think this was a metaphor. They think it was a woman who served other Christians in a humble way.
+
+See: Metaphor
+
+### Why did Paul write not to enroll younger widows on the list?
+
+Paul wrote not to put the names of younger widows on the lits. Some scholars think Paul did not want to
+help younger widows for a long time. However, they think Paul did want to help younger widows in some
+way. Fewer scholars think Paul wrote not to give younger widows any help from the church.
+
+### Why did Paul write for widows to “revoke their first commitment”?
+
+Paul wrote for widows to “revoke their first commitment.” To “revoke” was used to talk about someone not
+doing the things they said they would do. “Commitment”(πίστις/g4102) can also be translated as “faith.”
+Scholars do not agree on why Paul wrote these words.
+1. Some scholars think that a widow dishonored her dead husband if she wanted to marry another
+man.
+2. Some scholars think that she had made a “commitment” to the church to remain single so she
+could serve the church more, but then later did not do this.
+3. Some scholars think that she had taken a “vow” of to not have sex again or get married again.
+Then, she could serve the church greatly.
+4. Some scholars think that she no longer served Jesus because she married a man who did not
+believe in Jesus. In ancient times, a man could decide what god or gods his family worshipped.
+
+See: Church; Vow
+
+### What was a “busybody”?
+
+A “busybody” was a person who wanted to know things about other people. These were things they did not
+need to know about these other people (see: 2 Thessalonians 3:11). This was a sin. It hurt the church.
+
+See: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
+
+See: Sin; Church
+
+### Why did Paul write, “some have already turned aside to Satan”?
+
+Someone “turned aside”(ἐκτρέπω/g1624) by no longer doing the things that honored God. Satan always
+tried to get Christians to do the things he wanted them to do (see: 4:1; 2 Timothy 2:26).
+1. Some scholars think Paul wrote about widows who lived in a way that dishonors God or married
+someone who did not believe in Jesus.
+2. Others scholars think some widows were doing things with magic.
+3. Other scholars think some widows began to do the things demons wanted them to do (see: 4:1)
+
+See: Genesis 3:1, 13; Acts 5:3; 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
+
+See: Satan (The Devil); Demon
+
+## 5:17-25
+
+### What was an elder?
+
+See: 3:1-7
+
+See: Elder
+
+### Why did Paul write, “you shall not muzzle an ox”?
+
+Paul said the same things as Deuteronomy 25:4. On a farm, an ox walked around in a circle to crush grain.
+It was allowed to eat some of that grain. Paul wrote that an ox is fed with the grain on which he works.
+Therefore, it is also right to give the elders of the church things so they can live because they serve other
+Christians in a special way (see: 1 Corinthians 9:7-11).
+
+See: Church; Grain (Grain Offering); Elder
+
+### Where did someone write, “The laborer is worthy of his wages”?
+
+See: Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7
+
+### Why did Paul write about “two or three witnesses”?
+
+Paul said the same thing as Deuteronomy 19:15. This verse spoke about evil things such as murder. In
+order to punish a person, at least two or three people needed to see the person who did the evil thing. In the
+same way, saying that an elder sinned is a serious thing. It must be seen by people who have seen the sin.
+
+See: Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1
+
+See: Elder; Sin
+
+### Who were the “chosen angels”?
+
+Paul wrote about the “chosen angels.” Some scholars think the “chosen angels” were those angels God
+made to care for the church. They think Paul wrote about God, Jesus, and the angels so they would know
+that the command Paul gave Timothy was serious. Other scholars think Paul wrote about certain angels
+who are near God in heaven.
+
+See: Revelation 4-5
+
+See: Angel; Elect; Church; Heaven
+
+### What did Paul write to Timothy to “keep these commands without partiality”?
+
+Paul wrote Timothy not to give “partiality’ when judging something. That is, when he judged something
+for the elders. Paul wrote Timothy to treat every elder in the same way. In the same way, Timothy was not
+to favor a certain elder for any reason.
+
+**Advice to translators: Timothy helped the elders to know what to do when they did not know what to do.
+This is how he judged something.**:
+
+See: Galatians 2:6; James 2:1-13
+
+See: Elder
+
+### Why did Paul warn Timothy not to lay hands on anyone too “hastily”?
+When the church made someone a new leader, the current elders laid their hands on them and prayed with
+them. Paul wanted Timothy to know for sure whether or not someone needed to be a leader before he made
+them into one. He did not need to make people into leaders too quickly.  
+
+See: 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:6
+
+See: Elder; Laying on of Hands
+
+### Why did Paul write “share in the sins of another person”?
+
+Paul wanted Timothy to know that Timothy would be guilty if he made someone a leader in the church too
+quickly. That is, if he made someone a leader that did not need to be one. Perhaps Paul wrote about a leader
+who continues to sin.
+
+See: Sin
+
+### Why did Paul write Timothy to “take a little wine”?
+
+Paul told Timothy to “take a little wine.” Paul was not writing Timothy to stop drink water. Instead, he
+wrote him not to drink only water. Paul wrote Timothy to “take a little wine” as well as to drink water.
+Some scholars think Paul wrote this to Timothy because Timothy had an illnesses. Some people thought
+this could make someone feel better when they were ill. Other scholars think Paul wrote this to Timothy to
+because sometimes the water was not good to drink where Timothy was.
+
+### What were sins that went before a person “into judgment”?
+
+Paul wrote about sins that went before a person “into judgment.” Some of the people they thought could be
+church leaders had sinned in a certain way. They sinned in a way where everyone knew they sinned.
+Because everyone knew about their sins, Timothy and the other leaders judged that they could not serve in
+this way. However, Paul wrote that there were people who sinned secretly. These sins were sometimes
+found out at a later time. Therefore, Timothy had to be careful when he chose new leaders for the church.
+
+See: Psalm 90:8; Jeremiah 16:17
+
+See: Sin; Church