1 Timothy 5:16 (WEB)
If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened, that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.
Fathers and councils · 5
Athanasius of Alexandria
“Again, ‘If any faithful woman have widows,’ she is so called for her right faith; but, ‘It is a faithful saying,’ because what He hath spoken has a claim on our faith, for it is true, and is not otherwise.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…that enjoyment is more perilous for widows than difficulties, but by the examples in the Scriptures that even in weakness widows are not usually without aid, and that divine and human support is furnished more readily to them than to others, if they have brought up children and chosen sons-in-law well.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 16.
Read the whole comment“There is also another kind of liberality which the Apostle teaches: “If any that believeth hath widows let him relieve them, that the Church be not burdened by supplying them, that it may have enough for those that are widows indeed.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 16.
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Jerome
““Honour widows,” he writes, “that are widows indeed,” that is, such as are desolate and have no relations to help them, who cannot labour with their hands, who are weakened by poverty and overcome by years, whose trust is in God and their only work prayer.” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 3–5, 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For the apostle also has this foresight for the future, when he says: “If any believer hath widows, let him give them enough, that the church may not be burdened, that it may have enough for them that are widows indeed.”” — editor's note: 1 Tim. v. 16.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.15.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.15.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 9.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 9.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 9.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 9.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 9.