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Honoring True Widows

1 Timothy 5:11

In 9 translations

BSB
But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
KJV
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
WEB
But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
ASV
But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
LSV
and be refusing younger widows, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
YLT
and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
DBY
But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
DRC
But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:
GNV
But refuse the yonger widowes: for when they haue begun to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marrie,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
νεωτέρας δὲ χήρας παραιτοῦ· ὅταν γὰρ καταστρηνιάσωσιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, γαμεῖν θέλουσιν,
RP2018
Νεωτέρας δὲ χήρας παραιτοῦ· ὅταν γὰρ καταστρηνιάσωσιν τοῦ χριστοῦ, γαμεῖν θέλουσιν,
TR-Boyd
Νεωτέρας δὲ χήρας παραιτοῦ· ὅταν γὰρ καταστρηνιάσωσι τοῦ Χριστοῦ, γαμεῖν θέλουσιν,
SCR1894
νεωτερας δε χηρας παραιτου οταν γαρ καταστρηνιασωσιν του χριστου γαμειν θελουσιν

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  • 1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
  • Hosea 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
  • James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:39–40A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is.…
  • Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
  • Revelation 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
  • Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  • 1 Timothy 5:9A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
  • 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • 2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.

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