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


In Context

11 But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

12 Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.

13 And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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

15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

16 If any of the faithful have widows, let him minister to them, and let not the church be charged: that there may be sufficient for them 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

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.