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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_timothy/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_timothy/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then they would be guilty of breaking their previous pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_timothy/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />incurring judgment, because they have cast off the first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_timothy/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_timothy/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />having condemnation because they have cast off their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_timothy/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><i>thereby</i> incurring condemnation, because they have ignored their previous pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />thus incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their previous pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_timothy/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br /><i>thus</i> incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their previous pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>thus</i> incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their previous pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_timothy/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and so they incur condemnation for having set aside their previous pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_timothy/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_timothy/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_timothy/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and become guilty of breaking their promise to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_timothy/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_timothy/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They condemn themselves by rejecting the Christian faith, the faith they first accepted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_timothy/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and so become guilty of breaking their earlier promise to him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_timothy/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_timothy/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_timothy/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_timothy/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_timothy/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and they incur disapproval for having broken their original vow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_timothy/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_timothy/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />having judgment, because they cast away the first faith,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_timothy/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />incurring judgment, because they have cast off the first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_timothy/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_timothy/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Having judgment, for they put away the first faith.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_timothy/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_timothy/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />resulting in damnation, because they have disregarded the primacy of faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_timothy/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and will incur condemnation for breaking their first pledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_timothy/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_timothy/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their judgment awaits them because they have been untrue to their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_timothy/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And their judgment is set, for they have rejected their former faith;<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_timothy/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their former obligation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_timothy/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_timothy/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />incurring censure, for having violated their former engagement.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_timothy/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for which they are much to be condemn'd, because they violate the engagements they had before enter'd into:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_timothy/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and they incur disapproval for having broken their original vow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_timothy/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />having condemnation, because they set aside <i>their</i> first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_timothy/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and are <i>therefore</i> to be condemned, because they violate their first faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_timothy/5-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EkcLX59OJyU?start=708" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_timothy/5.htm">Support for Widows</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry, <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echousai (V-PPA-NFP) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">and thus will incur</a> <a href="/greek/2917.htm" title="2917: krima (N-ANS) -- From krino; a decision (crime).">judgment</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">because</a> <a href="/greek/114.htm" title="114: ēthetēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- From a compound of a and a derivative of tithemi; to set aside, i.e. to disesteem, neutralize or violate.">they are setting aside</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">their</a> <a href="/greek/4413.htm" title="4413: prōtēn (Adj-AFS) -- First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.">first</a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pistin (N-AFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">faith.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4-6</a></span><br />It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, / who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age— / and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20-22</a></span><br />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. / It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. / Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-43.htm">Matthew 12:43-45</a></span><br />When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. / Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order. / Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-62.htm">Luke 9:62</a></span><br />Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6-9</a></span><br />I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— / which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. / But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-10.htm">2 Timothy 4:10</a></span><br />because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-29</a></span><br />If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-19.htm">1 John 2:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4-5</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. / Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-10.htm">Matthew 24:10-13</a></span><br />At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, / and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. / Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a></span><br />Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20-22</a></span><br />That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. / For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a></span><br />But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a></span><br />Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.</p><p class="hdg">damnation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/11-34.htm">1 Corinthians 11:34</a></b></br> And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/james/3-1.htm">James 3:1</a></b></br> My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a></b></br> For the time <i>is come</i> that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if <i>it</i> first <i>begin</i> at us, what shall the end <i>be</i> of them that obey not the gospel of God?</p><p class="hdg">their.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6</a></b></br> I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4,5</a></b></br> Nevertheless I have <i>somewhat</i> against thee, because thou hast left thy first love… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Condemnation</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-29.htm">Damnation</a> <a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Disapproval</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm">False.</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-4.htm">First</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Incur</a> <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Incurring</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-12.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-6.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Original</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Pledge</a> <a href="/daniel/7-24.htm">Previous</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-4.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-15.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Violated</a> <a href="/acts/21-23.htm">Vow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/james/2-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-35.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/james/3-1.htm">Condemnation</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Damnation</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Disapproval</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-16.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">False.</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-5.htm">First</a> <a href="/james/3-1.htm">Incur</a> <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Incurring</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/exodus/6-3.htm">Original</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Pledge</a> <a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Previous</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Violated</a> <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Vow</a><div class="vheading2">1 Timothy 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-1.htm">Rules to be observed in reproving.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">Of widows.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm">Of elders.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">A precept for Timothy's health.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-24.htm">Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's follow after.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_timothy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_timothy/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>and thus will incur judgment</b><br>This phrase indicates a consequence for certain actions, suggesting accountability before God. In the context of <a href="/1_timothy/5.htm">1 Timothy 5</a>, Paul addresses the behavior of younger widows who may become idle and turn away from their commitments. The concept of incurring judgment is consistent with biblical teachings on accountability, as seen in passages like <a href="/romans/14-12.htm">Romans 14:12</a>, where each person must give an account of themselves to God. The idea of judgment here is not necessarily eternal condemnation but a divine assessment of one's actions and faithfulness.<p><b>because they are setting aside</b><br>This phrase implies a deliberate action of abandoning or neglecting a previous commitment. In the cultural context of the early church, vows and commitments were taken seriously, and breaking them was seen as a significant moral failure. The act of setting aside one's faith or vows could lead to spiritual and communal consequences, reflecting the importance of steadfastness in one's spiritual journey, as emphasized in <a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a>, which encourages believers to hold unswervingly to the hope they profess.<p><b>their first faith</b><br>The "first faith" likely refers to the initial commitment or vow made by these women, possibly at the time of their conversion or when they dedicated themselves to a life of service. This concept is echoed in <a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4</a>, where the church in Ephesus is admonished for abandoning its first love. The idea of a "first faith" underscores the importance of maintaining one's initial zeal and dedication to God. In a broader biblical context, it serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and His people, akin to the faithfulness expected in marriage, as seen in the prophetic imagery of Hosea.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a></b><br>The apostle who authored the letter to Timothy, providing guidance on church leadership and conduct.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm">Timothy</a></b><br>A young pastor and protégé of Paul, stationed in Ephesus, tasked with overseeing the church and ensuring sound doctrine.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/widows.htm">Widows</a></b><br>Specifically, younger widows are addressed in this passage, as Paul advises on their conduct and the church's support.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a></b><br>The city where Timothy was ministering, known for its diverse population and challenges to early Christian teachings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/early_church.htm">Early Church</a></b><br>The context in which these instructions were given, dealing with issues of community support and personal conduct.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_commitment.htm">The Importance of Commitment</a></b><br>The phrase "set aside their first faith" underscores the importance of maintaining one's initial commitment to Christ. In Greek, "pistis" (faith) implies trust and fidelity, which should not be abandoned.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_straying.htm">Consequences of Straying</a></b><br>The term "incur judgment" serves as a warning about the spiritual and communal consequences of abandoning one's faith. It is a call to remain steadfast and avoid actions that lead to spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_church_in_accountability.htm">Role of the Church in Accountability</a></b><br>The church community plays a crucial role in supporting and holding individuals accountable, especially those who may be vulnerable to straying from their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_support_for_widows.htm">Practical Support for Widows</a></b><br>The passage highlights the need for practical and spiritual support for widows, ensuring they remain connected to their faith and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_distractions.htm">Guarding Against Distractions</a></b><br>Younger widows are cautioned against being led astray by worldly desires. This serves as a broader lesson for all believers to guard against distractions that can lead them away from their faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_timothy_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Timothy 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_actual_grace.htm">How can a young man purify his path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_international_house_of_prayer.htm">What is the International House of Prayer?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_54_5_differ_from_matt_5_44.htm">Why does Psalm 54:5 predict exact retribution from God, when other biblical passages (e.g., Matthew 5:44) recommend praying for enemies instead?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_military_imagery_conflict_with_christ.htm">2 Timothy 2:3-4 - Does using military imagery to describe Christian life conflict with Christ's teachings on peace and nonviolence elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_timothy/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Having damnation.</span>--<span class= "ital">Judgment, </span>not necessarily "damnation." The Greek word <span class= "ital">krima</span> is often thus unhappily translated. The context of the passage must in all cases decide the nature of the "judgment," whether favourable or the contrary. Here it signifies that those who in after days give up a work which for their Master's sake they had undertaken, expose themselves to a searching judgment, which will thoroughly sift the reasons that induced them to forsake the begun toil, and that, if the reasons be not satisfactory, will be unfavourable, and will surely involve condemnation.<p><span class= "bld">Because they have cast off their first faith.</span>--Though, probably, no vows respecting marriage were required from those widows who devoted themselves to the Lord's service, yet virtually such a solemn enrolment partook of the nature of a life-long engagement--an engagement which, if they married again, must necessarily be given up.<p>Such a going back, such a giving up the higher and the more devoted life--the life of self-sacrifice, of self-abnegation--for the ordinary joys and cares of domestic life, for the useful but still every-day pursuits of ordinary men and women--such a going back, would be indeed a casting off their first faith, and such an example of backsliding could not fail to harm the cause of Christ.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_timothy/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="accented">Condemnation</span> for <span class="accented">dare</span>, <span class="accented">ration</span>, A.V,; <span class="accented">rejected</span> for <span class="accented">cast off</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Condemnation</span>; <span class="greek">κρίμα</span>, variously translated in the A.V. "damnation," "condemnation," and "judgment." The word means a "judgment," "decision," or "sentence," but generally an adverse sentence, a "condemnation." And this is the meaning of the English word "damnation," which has only recently acquired the signification of "eternal damnation." <span class="cmt_word">Rejected</span> (<span class="greek">ἠθέτησαν</span>); literally, <span class="accented">have set aside</span>, or <span class="accented">displaced</span>, and hence <span class="accented">disregarded</span>, an oath, treaty, promise, or the like. In the A.V. variously rendered "reject," "despise," "bring to nothing," "frustrate," "disannul," "east off." The <span class="greek">κρίμα</span> which these widows Brought upon themselves was that, whereas they had devoted themselves to a life of prayer and special service of the Church, they had now set aside this their first faith, and returned to the ordinary pleasures and avocations of the world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_timothy/5-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[and thus] will incur</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔχουσαι</span> <span class="translit">(echousai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">judgment</span><br /><span class="grk">κρίμα</span> <span class="translit">(krima)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2917.htm">Strong's 2917: </a> </span><span class="str2">From krino; a decision ('crime').</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they are setting aside</span><br /><span class="grk">ἠθέτησαν</span> <span class="translit">(ēthetēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_114.htm">Strong's 114: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a compound of a and a derivative of tithemi; to set aside, i.e. to disesteem, neutralize or violate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[their]</span><br /><span class="grk">τὴν</span> <span class="translit">(tēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">first</span><br /><span class="grk">πρώτην</span> <span class="translit">(prōtēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4413.htm">Strong's 4413: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">faith.</span><br /><span class="grk">πίστιν</span> <span class="translit">(pistin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> </span><span class="str2">Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_timothy/5-12.htm">1 Timothy 5:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_timothy/5-12.htm">NT Letters: 1 Timothy 5:12 Having condemnation because they have rejected their (1 Tim. 1Ti iTi 1tim i Tm) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_timothy/5-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Timothy 5:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 5:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_timothy/5-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Timothy 5:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Timothy 5:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>