1 Timothy 5:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.”
1 Timothy 5:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Timothy 5:1714 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 5:17
The “honor” of which he here speaks is attention to them, and the supply of their necessities, as is shown by his adding, “You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain” Deuteronomy 25:4; and, “The laborer is worthy of his reward.” Luke 10:7 So when he says, “Honor widows,” he means, “support” them in all that is necessary. Thus he says, “That it may relieve those that are widows indeed”; and again, “Honor widows that are widows indeed,” that is, who are in poverty,…
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