1 Timothy 5:14
12 and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.
13 At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
15 For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.
16 If 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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- KJV
- I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
- WEB
- I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
- ASV
- I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:
- DARBY
- I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.
- BLB
- Therefore I intend [for] younger ones to marry, to bear children, to manage their households, to give the one opposing no occasion in favor of reviling.
- ÅB
- Derfor vil jeg at unge enker skal gifte seg, føde barn, styre sitt hus, ikke gi motstanderen noen leilighet til baktalelse.
- OTB
- Derfor ønsker jeg at yngre enker skal gifte seg, få barn, styre sine husholdninger, og ikke gi fienden noen anledning til å snakke nedsettende;
- B1930
- Derfor vil jeg at unge enker skal gifte sig, føde barn, styre sitt hus, ikke gi motstanderen nogen leilighet til baktalelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.
Read in contextProverbs 31:27–29
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Read in contextTitus 2:8
and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed to have nothing bad to say about us.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:8–9
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read in contextDaniel 6:4
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
Read in contextProverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
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