1 Timothy 5:14

New American Bible - revised edition

So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.

Cross References

Genesis 18:6

Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick, three measures of bran flour! Knead it and make bread.”

Genesis 18:9

“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “There in the tent,” he replied.

2 Samuel 12:14

but since you have utterly spurned the Lord by this deed, the child born to you will surely die.”

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but Folly tears hers down with her own hands.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters. Increase there; do not decrease.

Daniel 6:4

Daniel outshone all the ministers and satraps because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king considered setting him over the entire kingdom.

Romans 14:13

Then let us no longer judge one another, but rather resolve never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to end this pretext of those who seek a pretext for being regarded as we are in the mission of which they boast.

1 Timothy 2:8

It is my wish, 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 require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:11

But exclude younger widows, for when their sensuality estranges them from Christ, they want to marry

1 Timothy 6:1

Those who are under the yoke of slavery must regard their masters as worthy of full respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not suffer abuse.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, chaste, good homemakers, under the control of their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.