1 Timothy 5:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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  • Titus 2:5 : 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
  • 1 Tim 6:1 : 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke consider their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned; that he who is of the opposite side may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-15 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.
  • 1 Tim 5:11 : 11 But refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
  • Gen 18:9 : 9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
  • 2 Sam 12:14 : 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.
  • Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
  • Prov 31:27-29 : 27 She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. 29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all.
  • Dan 6:4 : 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.
  • Luke 23:35-41 : 35 And the people stood looking on. But the rulers, with them, sneered, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is Christ, the chosen of God. 36 The soldiers also mocked Him, coming to Him and offering Him vinegar, 37 and saying, If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself. 38 And an inscription was also written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, If You are Christ, save Yourself and us. 40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
  • 1 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire, therefore, that people pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and doubting.

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  • 1 Tim 5:9-13
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    9Do not let a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

    10Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

    11But refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

    12Having condemnation because they have cast off their first faith.

    13And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.

  • Titus 2:2-6
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    2That the older men be sober, dignified, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

    3The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;

    4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

    6Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.

  • 1 Tim 5:1-7
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    1Do not rebuke an elder, but appeal to him as a father; and the younger men as brothers;

    2The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

    3Honor widows who are truly widows.

    4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God.

    5Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

    6But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

    7And these things command, that they may be blameless.

  • 1 Tim 5:15-17
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    15For some have already turned aside after Satan.

    16If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, so that it may relieve those who are truly widows.

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

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

    12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

  • 1 Cor 7:34-36
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    34There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

    36But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he will. He does not sin; let them marry.

  • Titus 1:6
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    6If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

  • 1 Cor 14:34-35
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    34Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.

    35And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands:

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;

  • 1 Tim 2:9-12
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    9In the same way, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing;

    10But what is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

    11Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.

    12But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to be silent.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all respectfulness;

    5For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

  • 1 Tim 3:2
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    2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

  • Eph 5:22
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    22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:8
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    8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

  • Eph 5:24
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    24Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:

    11But if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

  • 1 Tim 2:15
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    15Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

  • 1 Pet 3:7
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    7In the same way, you husbands, live with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

  • Prov 5:18
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    18Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

  • Col 3:18
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    18Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  • Prov 19:14
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    14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.