But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; Treasury of Scripture the younger. 1 Timothy 5:9,14 Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man... to wax. Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness... Isaiah 3:16 Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes... Hosea 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. James 5:5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness... they will. 1 Timothy 5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house... 1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats... 1 Corinthians 7:39,40 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will...
Context Honoring Widows
3Honor widows that are widows indeed. 4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. 6But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. 7And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 9Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man. 10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. 11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; 12Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. 13And with they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15For some are already turned aside after Satan. 16If any man or woman that believes have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:
Darby Bible Translation
But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
King James Bible
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Young's Literal Translation
and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
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