¹⁴ So I would have ^(A)younger widows marry, bear children, ^(B)manage their households, and ^(C)give the adversary no occasion for slander.

⁵ to be self-controlled, ^(A)pure, ^(B)working at home, kind, and ^(C)submissive to their own husbands, ^(D)that the word of God may not be reviled.

6 ^(A)Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants^[a] regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^(B)so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

⁸ and ^(A)sound speech that cannot be condemned, ^(B)so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

⁸ To the unmarried and the widows I say that ^(A)it is good for them to remain single, ^(B)as I am. ⁹ But if they cannot exercise self-control, ^(C)they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

^3 (A)who forbid marriage and ^(B)require abstinence from foods ^(C)that God created ^(D)to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

⁴ Then ^(A)the high officials and ^(B)the satraps ^(C)sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, ^(D)but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, ^(E)and no error or fault was found in him.