1 Timothy 5:11
But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.
Cross References
Isaiah 3:16And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:
1 Corinthians 7:39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:9Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.
James 5:5You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.
Revelation 18:7As much as she hath glorified herself, and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her; because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen, and am no widow; and sorrow I shall not see.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:4-17
Directions Concerning Widows. ( a. d. 64.) 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But 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. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not… Read the whole commentary →