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.


In Context

8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

9 No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,

10 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the saints, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

11 As 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.

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

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

1st Timothy 5:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:11But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:11But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:11But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:11and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;