1 Timothy 5:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ But refuse to put younger widows on the list, for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ But refuse [to enroll on this list the] younger widows, for when they become restive and their natural desires grow strong, they withdraw themselves against Christ [and] wish to marry [again].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

Common English Bible

¹¹ But don’t accept younger widows for the list. When their physical desires distract them from Christ, they will want to get married.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ But avoid the younger widows. For once they have flourished in Christ, they will want to marry,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

1 Timothy 5:11 Cross References

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet;

Hosea 13:6

When I fed them, they were satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was proud; therefore they forgot me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:12

and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.

1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once;

James 5:5

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

2 Peter 2:18

For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

Revelation 18:3

For all the nations have fallen from the wine of the wrath of her prostitution, and the kings of the earth have engaged in sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxury.”

Revelation 18:7

As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in her heart she says, ‘I rule as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never see grief,’

Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the earth, who engaged in sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;