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Honoring True Widows

1 Timothy 5:6

In 9 translations

BSB
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
KJV
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
WEB
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
ASV
But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
LSV
but she given to luxury [while] living has died;
YLT
and she who is given to luxury, living — hath died;
DBY
But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead [while] living.
DRC
For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living.
GNV
But shee that liueth in pleasure, is dead, while shee liueth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν.
RP2018
Ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα, ζῶσα τέθνηκεν.
TR-Boyd
Ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα, ζῶσα τέθνηκε.
SCR1894
η δε σπαταλωσα ζωσα τεθνηκεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
  • Revelation 3:1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.
  • Revelation 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
  • Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
  • Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
  • Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
  • Matthew 8:22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
  • Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  • Luke 15:13After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
  • Psalms 73:5–7They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their…
  • 1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
  • Lamentations 4:5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
  • Deuteronomy 28:54The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
  • 2 Corinthians 5:14–15For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was…
  • Jeremiah 6:2Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
  • Luke 7:25Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

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