1 Timothy 5:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ Therefore, I want younger women to marry,  have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ So I would have younger [widows] marry, bear children, guide the household, [and] not give opponents of the faith occasion for slander or reproach.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Common English Bible

¹⁴ So I want younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes so that they won’t give the enemy any reason to slander us. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.

1 Timothy 5:14 Cross References

Genesis 18:6

So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, ‘Quick! Knead three measures  of fine flour and make bread.’

Genesis 18:9

‘Where is your wife Sarah? ’ they asked him. ‘There, in the tent,’ he answered.

2 Samuel 12:14

However, because you treated  the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.’

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Jeremiah 29:6

Find wives for yourselves, and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and give your daughters to men in marriage so that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Daniel 6:4

The administrators and satraps, therefore, kept trying to find a charge against Daniel  regarding the kingdom. But they could find no charge or corruption,  for he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.

Romans 14:13

Therefore, let us no longer judge one another.  Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister.

2 Corinthians 11:12

But I will continue to do what I am doing, in order to deny  an opportunity to those who want to be regarded as our equals in what they boast about.

1 Timothy 2:8

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage  and demand abstinence  from foods that God created  to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse to enrol younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry

1 Timothy 6:1

All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters  as worthy of all respect, so that God’s name  and his teaching will not be blasphemed.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission  to their husbands, so that God’s word  will not be slandered.

Titus 2:8

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach,  so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.