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5 Now [de] she that is a widow [chera] indeed, [ontos] and [kai] desolate, [monoo]trusteth[elpizo] in [epi] God, [theos]
and [kai]continueth[prosmeno] in supplications [deesis] and [kai] prayers [proseuche] night [nux] and [kai] day. [hemera]KJV-Interlinear
5 Now she who is a widow indeed,
and who has been left alone has fixed her hope on God, and continues in
entreaties and prayers night and day. NASB
The first criteria for
knowing who is destitute, is whether they (widows), have family or not.Those women who have
resources, should look first to their family and the things they have, to
sustain themselves, and not to burden others when they have options.
However, Paul notes the
phrase indeed. This means
the women, widows, who have lost their husbands and have nothing, and no
one, with which to turn to for help.
The word for desolate, monoo, means single, and indicates being totally alone,
forsaken and without resources.
The second criteria is that she be a Christian.The word for trust, elpizo,
means a continual state, and her trust is to be continual in God, and not in
other worldly things.
This does not prevent
Christians from helping unbelieving women (or others), for that is an option
for charity, Gal. 6:10, but the Church (collectively) has a mandated obligation
is to help Christians in desperate need.
However, those who are
in receipt of help, have an obligation as well, and
that is to maintain a state of spiritual growth through prayer, through
worship, through daily study, and so forth.
And they are to pursue their
spiritual life legitimately, night and day, which is not literal, but an
expression for, all of the time. And
that is really a mandate for us all, for obvious reasons.
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