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Gill's Exposition
For some are already turned aside after Satan. Meaning some of those younger widows, whom the apostle knew, and had observed to have departed from the faith they first professed, and turned their…
Barnes' Notes
For some are already turned aside after Satan - That is, some young widows. The meaning is, that in the respects above mentioned 1Ti 5:13, they had followed the great Tempter, rather than the Lord…
Adam Clarke
For some are already turned aside - Some of these young widows, for he appears to be still treating of them, are turned aside to idolatry, to follow Satan instead of Christ. Slight deviations, in the…
Directions are here given concerning the taking of widows into the number of those who were employed by the church and had maintenance from the church: Honour widows that are widows indeed. Honour…
Cambridge Bible
some are … turned aside Some of the younger widows who had been placed upon the roll had thus been led astray; St Paul was not merely theorising in 1Ti 5:11-13. The aorist here is rightly rendered…
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