1 Timothy 5:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

1 Timothy 5:14 Cross References

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah and said, “Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes.”

Genesis 18:9

They said to him, “Where is your wife Sarah?” And he said, “There, in the tent.”

2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child born to you shall die.”

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.

Daniel 6:4

So the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.

Romans 14:13

Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother or sister.

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will also continue to do, in order to deny an opportunity to those who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in what they boast about.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,

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 5:11

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

1 Timothy 6:1

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.