| Geneva Study Bible {8} But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. (8) The third rule: let widows that live in pleasure, and neglect the care of their own family, be held and considered as fallers away from God and his religion, and worse than the unfaithful themselves. People's New Testament 5:6 She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. The widow that plays the wanton is dead spiritually. Wesley's Notes 5:6 She that liveth in pleasure - Delicately, voluptuously, in elegant, regular sensuality, though not in the use of any such pleasures as are unlawful in themselves. King James Translators' Notes in...: or, delicately Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 6. she that liveth in pleasure-the opposite of such a widow as is described in 1Ti 5:5, and therefore one utterly undeserving of Church charity. The Greek expresses wanton prodigality and excess [Tittmann]. The root expresses weaving at a fast rate, and so lavish excess (see on [2477]Jas 5:5). dead while she liveth-dead in the Spirit while alive in the flesh (Mt 8:22; Eph 5:14). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 5:3-8 Honour widows that are widows indeed, relieve them, and maintain them. It is the duty of children, if their parents are in need, and they are able to relieve them, to do it to the utmost of their power. Widowhood is a desolate state; but let widows trust in the Lord, and continue in prayer. All who live in pleasure, are dead while they live, spiritually dead, dead in trespasses and sins. Alas, what numbers there are of this description among nominal Christians, even to the latest period of life! If any men or women do not maintain their poor relations, they in effect deny the faith. If they spend upon their lusts and pleasures, what should maintain their families, they have denied the faith, and are worse than infidels. If professors of the gospel give way to any corrupt principle or conduct, they are worse than those who do not profess to believe the doctrines of grace. | 
