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1 Timothy 5:14-16
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1 Timothy 5:14-16
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14 So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.[a] 15 For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.[b] 16 If a believing woman[c] has widows in her family,[d] let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.[e]
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- 1 Timothy 5:14 tn Grk “for the sake of reviling.”
- 1 Timothy 5:15 tn Grk “wandered away after Satan.”
- 1 Timothy 5:16 tc Most witnesses (D Ψ 1175 1241 1505 M al sy) have πιστὸς ἤ (pistos ē) before πιστή (pistē), with the resultant meaning “if a believing man or woman.” But such looks to be a motivated reading, perhaps to bring some parity to the responsibilities of men and women listed here, and as a way of harmonizing with v. 4. Further, most of the earlier and better witnesses (א A C F G P 048 33 81 1739 1881 co) lack the πιστὸς ἤ, strengthening the preference for the shorter reading.
- 1 Timothy 5:16 tn Grk “has widows.”
- 1 Timothy 5:16 tn Grk “the real widows,” “those who are really widows.”
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