1 Timothy 5:15

Translations

Modern

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Traditional

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Literal

For already some turned aside after Satan.

Latin

Jam enim quædam conversæ sunt retro Satanam.

Original

Greek

English

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Notes

1 Timothy 5:15

already turned aside to follow Satan: They had turned away from Christ, probably because of false teachers and how they indulge themselves (1:6–7; compare 3:6–7; Hebrews 2:1; 1 Timothy 5:6, 13).

1 Timothy 5:11–15

Younger widows who could still have children needed a different approach. Paul worried that false teachers were leading them into error.

1 Timothy 5:3–16

A widow without wealth or family was alone in a world that did not support her. The Christian community was expected to care for such widows among its members (see Deuteronomy 10:17–19; Isaiah 1:17; compare Acts 6:1–6; James 1:27). Some suggest this passage implies a religious order of widows in the first-century AD church at Ephesus. However, there is no obvious evidence of such an order, only of a ministry to help community members without financial means.

1 Timothy 5:1–6:2

Proper behavior in God's spiritual household involves everyone, including:

the old and young (5:1–2),
widows (5:3–16),
old people (5:17–25), and
slaves (6:1–2a).

Showing respect within the household goes beyond social boundaries.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Concern for the Poor Jesus and Satan Social Justice

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2 Peter 2:2
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
Jude 1:4–5
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 2:20–22
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
1 Timothy 1:20
Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
2 Timothy 4:10
…because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Philippians 3:18–19
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
2 Timothy 2:18
…who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Matthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
2 Peter 3:16
He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Parallels

Ruth 1:1–5

People

Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity

Glossary

Backsliding Church Meetings Timothy, First Letter to Widow

Topics

Backsliders: Churches of Asia Backsliders: General Scriptures Concerning Christian Minister: Charge Delivered To Qualities of Christ Satan: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning The Devil: The Wicked: Turn Aside After Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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