Devine Scripture

1 Timothy 5:11

1 Timothy chapter 5 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.10well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

v.11This passage

v.12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Peter 2:18

    For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;

  • 1 Timothy 4:3

    forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:39

    A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

  • 1 Timothy 5:14

    I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

  • 1 Timothy 5:9

    Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,