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11 But de refuse paraiteomai to enroll younger neos widows chēra, for gar when hotan their passions draw them away katastrēniaō from ho Christ Christos, they desire thelō to marry gameō 12 and come echō under judgment krima since hoti they abandoned atheteō their ho former prōtos faith pistis. 13 But de at the same time hama they manthanō also kai learn manthanō to be idlers argos, flitting about perierchomai among · ho houses oikia, but de not ou only monon idlers argos but alla also kai gossips phlyaros and kai busybodies periergos, speaking laleō about things ho that they should dei not . 14 So oun, I wish boulomai younger neos widows to marry gameō, to bear children teknogoneō, to manage their households oikodespoteō, to give didōmi the ho Accuser antikeimai no mēdeis occasion aphormē for charin slander loidoria, 15 for gar some tis have already ēdē strayed ektrepō after opisō · ho Satan Satanas.

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11 But do not include younger widows on your list.[a] For whenever their natural desires cause them to lose their devotion to the Messiah,[b] they want to remarry. 12 They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.[c] 13 At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people’s lives, saying things they should not say.

14 Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them. 15 For some widows[d] have already turned away to follow Satan.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:11 The Gk. lacks on your list
  2. 1 Timothy 5:11 Or Christ
  3. 1 Timothy 5:12 The Gk. lacks to the Messiah
  4. 1 Timothy 5:15 The Gk. lacks widows