1 Timothy 5:14 Cross References - MNT

¹⁴ It is my wish, then, that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule their houses, and give no occasion to our adversary for railing.

³⁵ and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!" ³⁶ Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine, ³⁷ saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself." ³⁸ For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁹ And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us." ⁴⁰ But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he? ⁴¹ "We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

¹³ So let us no longer pass judgment on one another; rather let this be your judgment, that no one put a stumbling-block in his brother's way, nor any cause of falling.

⁸ But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am. ⁹ If, however, they are not exercising self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

¹² I am doing and will continue to do this in order to cut away the ground from under those who wish some cause for slander; and that the ground of their boasting may appear as does mine.

⁸ My wish, then, is that in every place the men should offer prayer, lifting up holy hands, free from anger and disputation;

³ who discourage marriage, and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thankfulness, by those who believe, and have a clear knowledge of the truth.

¹¹ But exclude from the list the younger widows; for where they have become wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

¹ Let those who are under the yoke as slaves esteem their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teachings be not blasphemed.

⁵ to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind and submissive to their husbands, in order that God's message be not maligned.

⁸ Let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that our opponents may be ashamed because they find no evil things to say about us.

⁴ Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

¹⁴ If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of God is resting upon you. ¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business.