1 Timothy 5:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² Thus, they bring the judgment [for being untrustworthy] on themselves because they have broken their previous pledge. [Note: This probably refers to younger widows who pledged themselves to fulfill some important church activity and then quit suddenly to get married. But some suggest it refers to them leaving the faith and marrying a non-Christian].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And so they incur condemnation for having set aside and slighted their previous pledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

Common English Bible

¹² Then they will be judged for setting aside their earlier commitment.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² resulting in damnation, because they have disregarded the primacy of faith.

1 Timothy 5:12 Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:34

If anyone is [too] hungry [i.e., to wait], he should eat at home, so that your assembly does not result in judgment [falling on some of you. See verse 30]. And I will tend to the remaining matters when I come [to you].

Galatians 1:6

I am astonished that you people are so quickly abandoning God [i.e., by rejecting His truth], who called you [to Himself] through the unearned favor bestowed [on us] by Christ. [You are turning] to a different “gospel,”

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse [to put] younger widows [on the list. See verse 9], because when they become restless for sensual pleasure, contrary to [their commitment to] Christ, they want to get married [again].

1 Timothy 5:13

And on top of that, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not be.

James 3:1

Not many of you should be teachers, my brothers, because you [should] know that we [teachers] will be judged more strictly.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has [now] come for the house of God [the church, See I Tim. 3:15] to begin receiving judgment [i.e., by undergoing persecution], and if it starts with us [Christians], what will be the [ultimate] end of people who do not obey the Gospel of God?