1 TIMOTHY 5:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”
So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion for slander — Paul's pragmatic counsel redirects younger widows toward marriage, childbearing (teknogonia), and household management—roles that preclude idleness and provide the adversary (antiphrēges) no grounds for accusation. Respectability requires productive engagement.
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