1 Timothy 5:11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Context
This verse from 1 Timothy Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Treat older men as fathers, younger men as brothers. Honor widows who are truly widows. Younger widows should remarry to avoid idleness. Elders who rule well are worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. Do …
Other Translations
But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;
Cross References
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then …
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, …
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten …
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she …
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit …
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them …
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to …
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day …
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, …