1 Timothy 5:10
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.
Studiennotiz
Study Note
The criteria for enrolling a widow in the church's support list (1 Timothy 5:9–10) reveal an early Christian community organizing around recognizable patterns of embodied service: child-rearing, hospitality, foot-washing, relieving the afflicted, and pursuing every good work. Foot-washing appears here not as a liturgical practice but as a marker of servant character (cf. John 13:14), suggesting it had practical household-hospitality significance in the Pauline mission context. The 'enrollment' (katalegesthō) language echoes both military conscription and official registries, indicating this was a formal ecclesiastical institution with specific membership criteria. The passage provides rare evidence for the social welfare function of the early church and the recognized leadership role of older widows in pastoral and charitable ministry.
Andere Übersetzungen
well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
Querverweise
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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