1 Timothy 5:14

1 Timothy 5:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
• New International Version (NIV)So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Context of 1 Timothy 5:14

12Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. 13And at the same time they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15For some are already turned aside after Satan. 16If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy 5:14 word by word

Βούλομαι οὖν νεωτέρας γαμεῖν, τεκνογονεῖν, οἰκοδεσποτεῖν, μηδεμίαν ἀφορμὴν διδόναι τῷ ἀντικειμένῳ λοιδορίας χάριν·Read the interlinear

• willβούλομαιboulomai · to planG1014
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• womenνέοςneos neōteros · newG3501
• marryγαμέωgameō · to marryG1060
• childrenτεκνογονέωteknogoneō · to have childrenG5041
• houseοἰκοδεσποτέωoikodespoteō · to manage a houseG3616
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• noμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• occasionἀφορμήaphormē · opportunityG874
• adversaryἀντίκειμαιantikeimai · be an opponentG480
• toχάρινcharin · because ofG5484
• reproachfullyλοιδορίαloidoria · revilingG3059

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 5:14

• 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• 1 Timothy 5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
• 1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and know the truth.
• 1 Corinthians 7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they remain even as I.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Genesis 18:6And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
• Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
• Proverbs 31:27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
• 1 Timothy 6:1Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine may not be blasphemed.
• 2 Samuel 12:14But, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to thee shall surely die.
• Daniel 6:4Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
• Romans 14:13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
• 2 Corinthians 11:12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them who desire occasion; that in what they glory, they may be found even as we.
• 1 Peter 4:14If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• Luke 23:35And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them mocked him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he is Christ, the chosen of God.

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I will therefore that the younger women marry - As the preceding discourse has been about the younger widows, and this is an inference from it; it is most evident that by the younger women the apostle means the young widows. These he considers unfit for the office of the female diaconate, and therefore wills them to marry, educate children, and give themselves wholly up to domestic affairs. Here the apostle, so far from forbidding second marriages…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I will therefore - I give it as my opinion; or this is my counsel; compare notes, 1 Corinthians 7:6, 1 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Corinthians 7:40. That the younger women marry - The word “women” is not expressed or necessarily implied in the original - d neooteras - - and it is evident that the apostle here had particular reference to “widows,” and that the injunction should be understood as relating to them. We are not to suppose that he gives this as an…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Every one brought into any office in the church, should be free from just censure; and many are proper objects of charity, yet ought not to be employed in public services. Those who would find mercy when they are in distress, must show mercy when they are in prosperity; and those who show most readiness for every good work, are most likely to be faithful in whatever is trusted to them. Those who are idle, very seldom are only idle, they make…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Paul advises younger widows to marry again and to marry Christians (5:11–12; see also 2:15). denying the adversary occasion for slander: Their actions were harming their testimony for the good news about Jesus (see 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12; Titus 2:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. younger women--rather, as ellipsis ought to be supplied, "the younger widows," namely younger widows in general, as distinguished from the older widows taken on the roll of presbyteresses (1Ti 5:9). The "therefore" means seeing that young widows are exposed to such temptations, "I will," or "desire," &c. (1Ti 5:11-13). The precept here that they should marry again is not inconsistent with 1Co 7:40; for the circumstances of the two cases were distinct…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Timothy 5:14

• Commandments
• Marriage
• Minister, Christian
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Beforehand
• Deny
• Guide
• Marry
• Reproachfully
• Requite
• Reward
• Widows
• Wife
• House

Commentaries on 1 Timothy 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings