1 TIMOTHY 5:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.”
and is well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good — the widow's qualification rests on demonstrated virtue across five domains: rearing children, practicing philoxenia (hospitality), performing humble service (foot-washing), alleviating suffering, and general benevolence. Character, not merely circumstance, determines inclusion.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:10
He had said, “Let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents.” He had also said, “She that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.” He had said, “If she provides not for her own she is worse than an infidel.” Having mentioned the qualities which not to have would render a woman unworthy to be reckoned among the widows, he now mentions what she ought to have besides. What then? Are we to receive her for her years? What merit is there in that? It is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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