Exposition of I Timothy 5:1-16 (2)

We were speaking in our former essay of those who are widows indeed; those who are actually widows, answering to the Scriptural portrait of a widow. A widow, we saw, is one who is "bereft" of a husband. According to the Hebrew term ahmanah she is one who is "silent." A woman who has put on the garments of widowhood has put on the garments of silence. Concerning such widows Paul gives Timothy some very definite instructions! It should be remembered that such a widow, who is a widow indeed, is...