1 Timothy 5:14

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

1 Timothy 5:14 — American Standard Version

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11But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

13And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

14I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

15for already some are turned aside after Satan.

16If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it mat relieve them that are widows indeed.

17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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