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 # 1 TIMOTHY 5
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 ## 5:1-2
 
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 ### How was Timothy to treat older people?
 
+[5:1, 5:2]
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 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
 
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 ### How was Timothy to treat younger people?
 
+[5;1, 5:2]
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 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,
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 See: [Sexual Immorality](../articles/sexualimmorality.md)
 
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 ## 5:3-16
 
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 ### What was a “real widow”?
 
+[5:3]
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 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.
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 **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.”
 
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 ### Why did Paul write that families need to care for a widowed mother or grandmother?
 
+[5:4]
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 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.”
 
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 ### Why did Paul write, “puts her certain hope in God”?
 
+[5:5]
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 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
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 See: 1 Timothy 4:10; Isaiah 40:31; Romans 5:5
 
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 ### Why did Paul write, “dead, even though she is still alive”?
 
+[5:6]
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 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
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 See: [Die (Death)](../articles/diedeath.md); [Spirit (Spiritual)](../articles/spiritspiritual.md); [Born Again (New Life, Regeneration)](../articles/bornagain.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write, “denied the faith”?
 
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 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)](../articles/faith.md)
 
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 ### What did the word, “enrolled” mean?
 
+[5:9]
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 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
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 See: [Church](../articles/church.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write “wife of one husband”?
 
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 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.
 
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 ### How did a widow wash the feet of the saints?
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 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
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 See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write not to enroll younger widows on the list?
 
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 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.
 
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 ### Why did Paul write for widows to “revoke their first commitment”?
 
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 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.
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 See: [Church](../articles/church.md); [Vow](../articles/vow.md)
 
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 ### What was a “busybody”?
 
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 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.
 
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 See: [Sin](../articles/sin.md); [Church](../articles/church.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write, “some have already turned aside to Satan”?
 
+[5:15]
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 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
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 See: [Satan (The Devil)](../articles/satan.md); [Demon](../articles/demon.md)
 
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 ## 5:17-25
 
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 ### What was an elder?
 
+[5:17]
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 See: 3:1-7
 
 See: [Elder](../articles/elder.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write, “you shall not muzzle an ox”?
 
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 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
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 See: [Church](../articles/church.md); [Grain (Grain Offering)](../articles/grain.md); [Elder](../articles/elder.md)
 
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 ### Where did someone write, “The laborer is worthy of his wages”?
 
+[5:18]
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 See: Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7
 
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 ### Why did Paul write about “two or three witnesses”?
 
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 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.
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 See: [Elder](../articles/elder.md); [Sin](../articles/sin.md)
 
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 ### Who were the “chosen angels”?
 
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 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
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 See: [Angel](../articles/angel.md); [Elect (Election)](../articles/elect.md); [Church](../articles/church.md); [Heaven](../articles/heaven.md)
 
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 ### What did Paul write to Timothy to “keep these commands without partiality”?
 
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 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.
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 See: [Elder](../articles/elder.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul warn Timothy not to lay hands on anyone too “hastily”?
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 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.  
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 See: [Elder](../articles/elder.md); [Laying on of Hands ](../articles/layinghands.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write “share in the sins of another person”?
 
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 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](../articles/sin.md)
 
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 ### Why did Paul write Timothy to “take a little wine”?
 
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 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.
 
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 ### What were sins that went before a person “into judgment”?
 
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 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