⁴ Then they can urge the younger women^(A) to love their husbands and children,

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)

² older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

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.