1 Timothy 5:11
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11 The younger widows should not be on the list, because their physical desires will overpower their devotion to Christ and they will want to remarry.
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1 Timothy 5:11
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11 As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.
1 Timothy 5:14
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14 So I advise these younger widows to marry again, have children, and take care of their own homes. Then the enemy will not be able to say anything against them.
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1 Timothy 5:14
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14 So I counsel younger widows to marry,(A) to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.(B)
Hosea 13:6
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6 But when you had eaten and were satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.
Hosea 13:6
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James 5:5
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5 You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
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James 5:5
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5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(A) in the day of slaughter.[a](B)
Footnotes
- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
1 Timothy 5:9
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9 A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.[a]
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- 5:9 Greek was the wife of one husband.
1 Timothy 5:9
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9 No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,
1 Timothy 4:3
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3 They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know the truth.
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1 Timothy 4:3
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3 They forbid people to marry(A) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(B) which God created(C) to be received with thanksgiving(D) by those who believe and who know the truth.
1 Corinthians 7:39-40
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39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but only if he loves the Lord.[a] 40 But in my opinion it would be better for her to stay single, and I think I am giving you counsel from God’s Spirit when I say this.
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- 7:39 Greek but only in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:39-40
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39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(A) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(B) 40 In my judgment,(C) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
Isaiah 3:16
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A Warning to Jerusalem
16 The Lord says, “Beautiful Zion[a] is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
tinkling her ankle bracelets.
Isaiah 3:16
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Revelation 18:7
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7 She glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so match it now with torment and sorrow.
She boasted in her heart,
‘I am queen on my throne.
I am no helpless widow,
and I have no reason to mourn.’
Revelation 18:7
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2 Peter 2:18
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18 They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.
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2 Peter 2:18
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18 For they mouth empty, boastful words(A) and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping(B) from those who live in error.
Deuteronomy 32:15
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15 “But Israel[a] soon became fat and unruly;
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
Then they abandoned the God who had made them;
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
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- 32:15 Hebrew Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:15
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