Verse 7
Timothy was to teach these things so family members in the church would shoulder their rightful responsibility. He was also to do so to encourage the widows to seek the Lord rather than pursuing lives of "wanton pleasure" (1 Timothy 5:6).
"The Ephesians are evidently so spiritually immature that even after all the years of Paul’s ministry he is not able to speak to them as mature Christians but still is dealing with the basics [cf. 1 Corinthians 3:1-2]." [Note: Mounce, p. 284.]
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