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


In Context

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.

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

15 Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.

16 If any woman who is a believer has widows in her family, she should help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need.

1st 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 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 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.