The Honor System // 1 Timothy 5:1-6 // 01.25.26

SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS:- List the four categories of people the apostle Paul identifies andcharacterize how believers are to respond to each. Can you asa group give some illustrations of how each of those might look?Is there a person in the church comes to your mind for each ofthese categories?- Every had an older woman in the church who was like a“mother” to you? If so, care to share about that?- What does Paul mean when he instructs Timothy and the churchto “honor widows who are widows indeed”? What does it meanto “honor” them? What are the two qualifications Paul gives forsuch widows? Shouldn’t we honor all widows?- Should the church help all who are needy? If so, what might that“help” include? In this passage, what disqualifies a needy personfrom financial help from the church?- Review the different meanings of “dead” as used in the Bible.Which of those does Paul intend when he labels some widows as“dead”? (verse 6)- Bonus: what might it mean that faith could be “dead”? (James2:17, 26)