What does 1 Timothy 5:14 mean?

1 Timothy 5:14 highlights themes such as marriage, family, responsibility when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Timothy 5:14 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

1 Timothy 5:14 Meaning

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

Context Explained

12Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

13And withal 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 believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

Key Themes

marriagefamilyresponsibility

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Source: 1 Timothy 5:14