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


In Context

8 and if any one for his own — and especially for those of the household — doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

9 A widow — let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

10 in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

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

12 having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away,

13 and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:11As 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.

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 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;