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1 Timothy 5:6

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

KJV

ἡ δὲ σπαταλῶσα ζῶσα τέθνηκεν.

Greek NT

Nam quæ in deliciis est, vivens mortua est.

Vulgate

But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

ASV

For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

5 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
θνήσκω
thnesko
verb · 9×
σπαταλάω
spatalao
verb · 2×
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. See by how many things He has warned them. He said, You condemn your fathers, in that you say, We would not have been partakers with them; and this is no little thing to shame them. He said, While ye condemn them, you do worse things, even ye yourselves; and this is sufficient to cover them with disgrace. He said, These things shall not be without punishment; and hence he im…
2. Since therefore this custom was broken through, a custom most excellent and most useful; (for it was a foundation of love, and a comfort to poverty, and a corrective of riches, and an occasion of the highest philosophy, and an instruction of humility) since however he saw so great advantages in a way to be destroyed, he naturally addresses them with severity, thus saying: Bu…
2. Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? Do you see how excellently he reasons, and proves the resurrection from the fact of Christ's being raised, having first established the former in many ways? For both the prophets spoke of it, says he, and the Lord Himself showed it by His appeari…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:32 — Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
  • 1Sam 25:6 — And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
  • 1Sam 25:6 — And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • Amos 6:5 — That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
  • Deut 28:54 — So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
  • Deut 28:56 — The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, a
  • Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Eph 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
  • Isa 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
  • Isa 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
  • Jas 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
  • Jas 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
  • Jer 6:2 — I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
  • Job 21:11 — They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
  • Jude 1:12 — These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
  • Lam 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
  • Lam 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
  • Luke 7:25 — But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
  • Luke 9:60 — Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
  • Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  • Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Luke 15:24 — For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Luke 15:32 — It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
  • Matt 8:22 — But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
  • Matt 8:22 — But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
  • Prov 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
  • Prov 29:21 — He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
  • Ps 73:5 — They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
  • Rev 3:1 — And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
  • Rev 3:1 — And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
  • Rev 18:7 — How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.