1 Timothy 5:14

“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”

"I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully." - 1 Timothy 5:14
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What does 1 Timothy 5:14 mean?

1 Timothy 5:14 from the King James Version reads, "I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully." This verse is often used to highlight the importance of marriage, motherhood, and…

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1 Timothy 5:14 - "I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully."
1 Timothy 1:5
1 Timothy 5:3 - "Honour widows that are widows indeed."
1 Timothy 5:15 - "For some are already turned aside after Satan."
1 Timothy 4:5 - "For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."
1 Timothy 2:14 - "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."
1 Timothy 5:2 - "The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity."
1 Timothy 5:1 - "Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;"
1 Timothy 5:7 - "And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless."
1 Timothy 1:14 - "And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus."
1 Timothy 5:19 - "Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses."
"Honour widows that are widows indeed." - 1 Timothy 5:3
1 Timothy 5:5 - "Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day."
1 Timothy 5:6 - "But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth."
1 Timothy 5:20 - "Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear."
1 Timothy 1:5 - "Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:"
1 Timothy 5:24 - "Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after."
1 Timothy 3:14 - "These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:"
1 Timothy 4:14 - "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."
1 Timothy 5:23 - "Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities."
"For some are already turned aside after Satan." - 1 Timothy 5:15
"And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless." - 1 Timothy 5:7
1 Timothy 2:5 - "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"
1 Timothy 5:25 - "Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid."
2 Timothy 1:14 - "That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us."
1 Timothy 6:14 - "That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." - 1 Timothy 5:20
1 Timothy 5:22 - "Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure."
"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer." - 1 Timothy 4:5