1 Timothy 5:11

New International Reader's Version

Don’t put younger widows on that kind of list. They might want pleasure more than they want Christ. Then they would want to get married again.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord continues, “The women in Zion are very proud. They walk along with their noses in the air. They tease men with their eyes. They sway their hips as they walk along. Little chains jingle on their ankles.

Hosea 13:6

I fed them until they were satisfied. Then they became proud. They forgot all about me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn. When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy. They left the God who made them. They turned away from the Rock who saved them.

1 Timothy 4:3

They do not allow people to get married. They order them not to eat certain foods. But God created those foods. So people who believe and know the truth should receive them and give thanks for them.

1 Timothy 5:12

If they do that, they will be judged. They have broken their first promise.

1 Timothy 5:14

So here is the advice I give to younger widows. Get married. Have children. Take care of your own homes. Don’t give the enemy the chance to tell lies about you.

1 Timothy 5:9

No widow should be put on the list of widows unless she is more than 60 years old. She must also have been faithful to her husband.

James 5:5

You have lived an easy life on earth. You have given yourselves everything you wanted. You have made yourselves fat like cattle that will soon be butchered.

2 Peter 2:18

They speak empty, bragging words. They make their appeal to the evil desires that come from sin’s power. They tempt new believers who are just escaping from the company of sinful people.

Revelation 18:3

All the nations have drunk the strong wine of her terrible sins. The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The traders of the world grew rich from her great wealth.”

Revelation 18:7

Give her as much pain and suffering as the glory and wealth she gave herself. She brags to herself, ‘I rule on a throne like a queen. I am not a widow. I will never mourn.’ (Isaiah 47:7,8)

Revelation 18:9

“The kings of the earth who committed terrible sins with her will weep. They will mourn because they used to share her riches. They will see the smoke rising as she burns.