"I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to sp…" — 1 Timothy 5:14

1 Timothy 5:14 · KJV

“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. {to speak...: Gr. for their railing}”

— 1 Timothy 5:14

Verse 13

And withal they learn {to be} idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Verse 15

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

1 Timothy 5 — Context

Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

And withal they learn {to be} idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. {to speak...: Gr. for their railing}

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Cross References

Titus 2:5

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

1 Timothy 6:1

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and {his} doctrine be not blasphemed.

Proverbs 31:27-29

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

1 Corinthians 7:8-9

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Titus 2:8

Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

1 Timothy 4:3

Forbidding to marry, {and commanding} to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.