1 Timothy 5:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

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  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,
  • Jas 5:5 : 5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 As she gave glory to herself, and became more evil in her ways, in the same measure give her pain and weeping: for she says in her heart, I am seated here a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see sorrow.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:
  • Hos 13:6 : 6 When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
  • 1 Cor 7:39-40 : 39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian. 40 But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
  • 1 Tim 5:9 : 9 Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

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  • 1 Tim 5:1-10
    10 verses
    83%

    1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

    2 To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

    3 Give honour to widows who are truly widows.

    4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

    5 Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.

    6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.

    7 Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.

    8 If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

    9 Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

    10 And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

  • 1 Tim 5:12-16
    5 verses
    82%

    12 And they are judged because they have been false to their first faith;

    13 And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.

    14 So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

    15 For even now some are turned away to Satan.

    16 If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.

  • Titus 2:3-6
    4 verses
    72%

    3 That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

    4 Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

    5 To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

    6 To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

  • 1 Cor 7:34-37
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    71%

    34 And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

    35 Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

    36 But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

    37 But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7 But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

  • 1 Tim 3:11
    70%

    11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

  • Prov 2:17
    70%

    17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

  • Num 30:9
    70%

    9 But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

  • 1 Cor 7:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

    9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

  • 1 Cor 7:11
    69%

    11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

  • Ezek 44:22
    69%

    22 And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
    69%

    1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
    3 verses
    68%

    27 If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

    28 If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

    29 But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

  • Titus 1:6
    68%

    6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

  • Matt 19:10
    68%

    10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

    12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

  • 2 Tim 3:6
    68%

    6 For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

  • Hos 4:11
    68%

    11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
    68%

    32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

  • 1 Cor 5:9
    67%

    9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

  • Prov 5:18
    67%

    18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
    67%

    2 For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

  • 1 Cor 7:25
    67%

    25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    67%

    2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • Prov 5:20
    67%

    20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Rom 7:3
    67%

    3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    67%

    39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.