1 Timothy 5:12

and so they bring condemnation upon themselves for having broken their previous promise.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

In Context

11But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,

13And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:34If a man is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring a judgment upon you. The other details I will settle when I come.

James 3:1I do not want many of you, my Brothers, to become teachers, knowing, as you do, that we who teach shall be judged by a more severe standard than others.

Revelation 2:4But this I have against you — You have abandoned your first love.

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 →

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