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

12facing judgment because they have set aside their previous pledge. 13And at the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house—and not just idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, saying things they should not. Therefore, I want the younger widows to get married, have children, manage a household, and give no opportunity to the enemy for slander. 15For some have already gone astray after satan. 16If any woman of faith has widows in need, let her help them and not let the community be burdened, so it may help the real widows.

1 Timothy 5:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·χάρινcharin · because ofG5484
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• I willβούλομαιboulomai · to planG1014
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• thatγαμέωgameō · to marryG1060
• the younger womenνέοςneos neōteros · newG3501
• bear childrenτεκνογονέωteknogoneō · to have childrenG5041
• guide the houseοἰκοδεσποτέωoikodespoteō · to manage a houseG3616
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• noneμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• occasionἀφορμήaphormē · opportunityG874
• to the adversaryἀντίκειμαιantikeimai · be an opponentG480
• to speak reproachfullyλοιδορίαloidoria · revilingG3059

Cross-references for 1 Timothy 5:14

• 1 Timothy 2:8So I desire all men to pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and argument.
• 1 Timothy 5:11But refuse younger widows; for when their sensual desires draw them away from the Messiah, they want to get married—
• 1 Timothy 4:3They forbid people to marry; they command people to abstain from foods that God created for the faithful to share with thanksgiving, having come to know the truth.
• 1 Corinthians 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them to remain as I am.
• Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
• Genesis 18:6So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Knead three measures of fine flour and prepare bread loaves!”
• Proverbs 14:1A wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
• Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
• 1 Timothy 6:1Let all who are under the yoke as slaves consider their own masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.
• 2 Samuel 12:14However, because by this deed you have made the enemies of Adonai greatly blaspheme, so even the child born to you will surely die.”
• Daniel 6:4Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself among the supervisors and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit in him. In fact, the king planned to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
• Romans 14:13Therefore let us not judge one another from now on, but rather decide this—not to put a stumbling block or a trap in the way of a brother.
• 2 Corinthians 11:12But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off the opportunity from those who want an opportunity in what they boast about to also be regarded just as we are.
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are fortunate, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Luke 23:35The people stood there watching. And even the leaders were sneering at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Messiah of God, the Chosen One!”

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