1 Timothy 5:14

Easy To Read Version

So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and take care of their homes. If they do this, then our enemy will not have any reason to criticize them.

Cross References

Genesis 18:6

Abraham hurried to the tent. Abraham said to Sarah, “Quickly, prepare enough wheat for three loaves of bread.”

Genesis 18:9

Then the men said to Abraham, “Where is your wife Sarah?”

2 Samuel 12:14

But you did things that made the Lord’s enemies lose their respect for him! So your new baby son will die.”

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman uses her wisdom to make her home what it should be. But the foolish woman destroys her home by the foolish things she does.

Jeremiah 29:6

Get married and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons. And let your daughters be married. Do that so they also may have sons and daughters. Have many children and grow in number in Babylon. Don’t become fewer in number.

Daniel 6:4

But when the other supervisors and the satraps heard about this, they were very jealous. They tried to find reasons to accuse Daniel. So they watched the things Daniel did as he went about doing the business of the government. But they could not find anything wrong with Daniel. So they could not accuse him of doing anything wrong. Daniel was a man people could trust. He did not cheat the king and he worked very hard.

Romans 14:13

So we should stop judging each other. We must decide not to do anything that will make a brother or sister weak or fall into sin.

2 Corinthians 11:12

And I will continue doing what I am doing now. I will continue this because I want to stop those people from having a reason to boast. They would like to say that the work they boast about is the same as ours.

1 Timothy 2:8

I want men everywhere to pray. These men who lift up their hands in prayer must be pleasing to God. They must not be men who become angry and have arguments.

1 Timothy 4:3

Those bad people say that it is wrong to marry. And they say that there are some foods that people must not eat. But God made those foods. And the people who believe and who know the truth can eat those foods with thanks.

1 Timothy 5:11

But don’t put younger widows {\cf2\super [24]} on that list. When they give themselves to Christ, they are often pulled away from him by their strong physical needs. Then they want to marry again.

1 Timothy 6:1

All people who are slaves should show full respect to their masters. When they do that, then God’s name and our teaching will not be criticized.

Titus 2:5

They can teach the younger women to be wise and to be pure, to take care of their homes, to be kind, and to be willing to serve their husbands. Then no person will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

Titus 2:8

And your teaching should be clearly right so that you cannot be criticized. Then any person who is against you will be ashamed because he has nothing bad that he can say against us.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage should be honored by all people. And every marriage should be kept pure between only two people. God will judge guilty those people who do sexual sins and adultery. {\cf2\super [172]}