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1 Timothy 5:14
“I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.”
Verse in context — 1 Timothy 5
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having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.
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Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
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I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
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For already some have turned aside after Satan.
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If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.
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