1 Timothy 5:14
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14 Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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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)
Titus 2:5
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5 to be discreet, chaste, (A)homemakers, good, (B)obedient to their own husbands, (C)that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
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Titus 2:5
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5 to be self-controlled(A) and pure, to be busy at home,(B) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,(C) so that no one will malign the word of God.(D)
1 Timothy 6:1
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Honor Masters
6 Let as many (A)bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed.
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1 Timothy 6:1
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6 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect,(A) so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.(B)
Titus 2:8
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8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of [a]you.
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- Titus 2:8 NU, M us
Titus 2:8
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8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.(A)
1 Timothy 4:3
New King James Version
3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and 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 7:8-9
New King James Version
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: (A)It is good for them if they remain even as I am; 9 but (B)if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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1 Corinthians 7:8-9
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8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(A) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(B) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
Daniel 6:4
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4 (A)So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.
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Daniel 6:4
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4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges(A) against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.
Proverbs 31:27-29
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27 She watches over the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many daughters have done well,
But you excel them all.”
Proverbs 31:27-29
New International Version
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
1 Peter 4:14-15
New King James Version
14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)but on your part He is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a [c]busybody in other people’s matters.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
- 1 Peter 4:15 meddler
1 Peter 4:14-15
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14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.
Hebrews 13:4
New King James Version
4 (A)Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; (B)but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)
1 Timothy 5:11
New King James Version
11 But [a]refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
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- 1 Timothy 5:11 Refuse to enroll
1 Timothy 5:11
New International Version
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 2:8
New King James Version
Men and Women in the Church
8 I desire therefore that the men pray (A)everywhere, (B)lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
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1 Timothy 2:8
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8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands(A) without anger or disputing.
2 Corinthians 11:12
New King James Version
12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, (A)that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.
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2 Corinthians 11:12
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12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.
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