1 Timothy 5:7

these things give in charge As in 1 Timothy 4:11 and thrice in chap. 1; note on 1 Timothy 1:5. The conjunction is also rather than -and". -Include the setting of the true life before the widows also in thy charge."

blameless One of the key-words of this epistle; of a presbyter 1 Timothy 3:2, of Timothy 1 Timothy 6:14. At the stage reached now by Christianity, the moral life of the believers before the world, -such as cannot be laid hold of by anyone," is of vital importance for all ranks equally for the bishop-apostolic himself, for the clergy, for the poor widows. -Holiness becometh Thine house" now most especially.