1 Timothy 5:16 - Exposition

Woman for man or woman , A.V. and T.R.; hath for have , A.V.; her for them , A.V.; burdened for charged , A.V. If any woman , etc. So the preponderance of the best manuscripts, and the texts of Lachmann, Buttmann, Tischendorf, etc. But the T.R. is retained by Alford, Ellicott, 'Speaker's Commentary,' and others. If the R.V. is right, the woman only is mentioned as being the person who has the management of the house. The precept here seems to be an extension of that in 1 Timothy 5:4 , which relates only to children and grandchildren, and to be given, moreover, with special reference to Christian widows who had no believing relations to care for them, and so were necessarily cast upon the Church. Let her relieve them ( ἐπαρκείτω , as in 1 Timothy 5:10 ). Widows indeed ( ταῖς ὄντως χήραις , as in 1 Timothy 5:2 and 1 Timothy 5:5 ).