1 Timothy 5
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1 Timothy 5:11-15

11As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.

12Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.

13Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.

14So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.

15Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.

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