14I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.


In Context

11 But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

12 being guilty, because they have cast off their first faith.

13 And, at the same time, they learn also to be idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.

14 I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

15 For already some have turned aside after Satan.

16 If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give none occasion to the adversary for reviling:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.