1 Timothy 5:15
New International Version
Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.

New Living Translation
For I am afraid that some of them have already gone astray and now follow Satan.

English Standard Version
For some have already strayed after Satan.

Berean Standard Bible
For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Berean Literal Bible
For already some have turned aside after Satan.

King James Bible
For some are already turned aside after Satan.

New King James Version
For some have already turned aside after Satan.

New American Standard Bible
for some have already turned away to follow Satan.

NASB 1995
for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

NASB 1977
for some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

Legacy Standard Bible
for some have already turned aside after Satan.

Amplified Bible
Some [widows] have already turned away [from the faith] to follow Satan.

Christian Standard Bible
For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

American Standard Version
for already some are turned aside after Satan.

Contemporary English Version
Look what's already happened to some of the young widows! They have turned away to follow Satan.

English Revised Version
for already some are turned aside after Satan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some of them have already turned away to follow Satan.

Good News Translation
For some widows have already turned away to follow Satan.

International Standard Version
For some widows have already turned away to follow Satan.

Majority Standard Bible
For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

NET Bible
For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

New Heart English Bible
For already some have turned aside after Satan.

Webster's Bible Translation
For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Weymouth New Testament
For already some of them have gone astray, following Satan.

World English Bible
For already some have turned away after Satan.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for some already turned aside after Satan.

Berean Literal Bible
For already some have turned aside after Satan.

Young's Literal Translation
for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.

Smith's Literal Translation
For already have some turned aside after Satan.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For certain ones have already been turned back to Satan.

New American Bible
For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

New Revised Standard Version
For some have already turned away to follow Satan.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For, as conditions are now, some have already strayed after Satan.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For even now they have begun, one by one, to turn after Satan.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For some have already turned aside after Satan.

Godbey New Testament
for already certain ones have turned away after Satan.

Haweis New Testament
For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Mace New Testament
for some have already revolted to paganism.

Weymouth New Testament
For already some of them have gone astray, following Satan.

Worrell New Testament
for already some turned aside after Satan.

Worsley New Testament
For some are already turned aside after Satan.

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Audio Bible



Context
Support for Widows
14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander. 15For some have already turned aside to follow Satan. 16If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.…

Cross References
2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 6:11-12
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Luke 8:12
The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Acts 5:3
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”


Treasury of Scripture

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Philippians 3:18,19
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: …

2 Timothy 1:15
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 2:18
Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

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1 Timothy 5
1. Rules to be observed in reproving.
3. Of widows.
17. Of elders.
23. A precept for Timothy's health.
24. Some men's sins go before unto judgment, and some men's follow after.














Some have already turned away
This phrase indicates a departure from the faith and the teachings of Christ. The Greek word for "turned away" is "ἐξετράπησαν" (exetrapēsan), which implies a deviation or a turning aside from the correct path. Historically, this reflects the early church's struggle with apostasy and false teachings. The early Christian community faced numerous challenges, including the temptation to revert to pagan practices or to be swayed by false doctrines. This serves as a warning to remain vigilant and steadfast in faith, emphasizing the importance of spiritual discipline and community support to prevent such deviations.

to follow Satan
The mention of "Satan" here is significant. In the Greek, "Σατανᾶ" (Satanas) is used, which directly refers to the adversary or accuser. This highlights the spiritual warfare that believers are engaged in, as Satan is depicted as the ultimate deceiver and enemy of God’s people. The historical context of this passage suggests that some members of the early church were being lured away by teachings or behaviors that were contrary to the gospel, effectively aligning themselves with the adversary. This serves as a sobering reminder of the reality of spiritual opposition and the need for discernment and adherence to sound doctrine. The call is to resist the devil and remain firm in the faith, as outlined in other scriptural passages such as James 4:7 and 1 Peter 5:8-9.

(15) For some are already turned aside.--It was the backsliding of these "nameless" ones, probably, which had been the immediate occasion of these directions to Timothy. Although these unhappy sisters had worked such great mischief to the cause of Christ, still St. Paul, with his tender grace and love, forbore to mention any by name. They had undertaken a task too severe for them to carry out, and had miserably failed. He spares these poor erring sisters, but directs the chief pastor of the Church at Ephesus, how to guard against such fatal results for the future.

After Satan.--They had swerved from the narrow, thorny road of self-denial which they had chosen for themselves, and perhaps dreading, after their public profession, to form afresh any legal marriage ties, had followed that downward path of sensuality which surely leads to Satan.

Verse 15. - Already some are for some are already, A.V. Some. This is generally understood of some widows who had already given occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully, by turning aside from the path of Christian virtue which they had begun to walk in, and following Satan who had beguiled them into the path of vice and folly. But the words are capable of another meaning, equally arising kern the preceding verse, viz. that some have already followed the example of Satan, "the accuser of the brethren," and have begun to revile Christianity, taking occasion from the conduct of some who were called Christians. These revilers might be not unbelieving Jews or heathen, but apostate or heretical Jews like those of whom the same verb (ἐκτρέπεσθαι) is used in 1 Timothy 1:6 and 2 Timothy 4:4. In something of the same spirit St. Paul called Elymas the sorcerer "a child of the devil," because he sought to turn away Sergius Paulus from the faith, probably by speaking evil of Barnabas and Saul.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

have already turned aside
ἐξετράπησαν (exetrapēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1624: From ek and the base of trope; to deflect, i.e. Turn away.

to follow
ὀπίσω (opisō)
Preposition
Strong's 3694: Behind, after; back, backwards. From the same as opisthen with enclitic of direction; to the back, i.e. Aback.

Satan.
Σατανᾶ (Satana)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4567: An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil.


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