1 Timothy 5:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. ”

1 Timothy 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will therefore - I give it as my opinion; or this is my counsel; compare notes, 1 Corinthians 7:6 , 1Co 7:10 , 1 Corinthians 7:40 . That the younger women marry - The word “women” is n...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(12) I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. (12) The fifth rule: let younger widows marry and gove...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Widows. The space devoted to widows indicates the existence of a special difficulty in Asia. Paul gives Timothy definite instructions. ( a) Deserving widows really left alone should be maintained...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

will . App-102.3. bear children. Greek. tekatogoneo . Only here. Compare 1 Timothy 2:15 . guide the house . Greek. oikodespoteo . Only here. none . Greek. medeis . occasion . Greek. ap...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14 I wish the younger (widows) to marry. Censorious men laugh at this injunction of the Apostle. “As if,” say they, “it had been necessary to stimulate their excessively strong desire; for...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. I will therefore that the younger women marry - As the prece...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. Younger (women) - rather 'the younger widows,' as di...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Regarding Widows and Accusations against Elders 1. Rebuke] This shows the authority which Timothy exercised. An elder ] i.e. an elderly man, not one officially so named.
1 Timothy 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house. — Here the Apostle deliberately expresses his will that in these Christian communities the younger widows should not...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Home-Keeping Industry Enjoined 1 Timothy 5:9-16 The sphere of the younger woman must be in the home. This is the noblest work of all, and wherever it exists, it has the prior claim; yet even du...
1 Timothy 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Timothy's demeanor toward men and women was now described, and demands careful study and attention. As for men, seniors are to be treated with respect, while the younger men are to be treated as bret...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, (10) Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged str...
1 Timothy 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will therefore that the younger women marry ,.... Or "the younger" widows rather; and so some copies read; for this is not the apostle's advice to young women in general, though it will suit with...
1 Timothy 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. Ver. 14. Give none occasion to the adversary ] The devil...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will therefore that the younger women Or widows rather, (concerning whom only the apostle is here speaking,) marry Instead of thinking to intrude themselves into a situation for which they ar...
1 Timothy 5:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In this section we are faced with more detailed, practical responsibilities in reference to the various relationships in which one may be found. This is wholesome, sobering instruction. First, a youn...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning Widows. A. D. 64. 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if a...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will therefore that the younger women marry: I will, here, must not be interpreted into an absolute precept, (for the apostle would never have made that necessary by his precept which God had...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 5:4 . Children or nephews. —R.V. “children or grandchildren.” “Descendants, or more specially, as the context implies, grandchildren—nephews in the origi...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:1 . Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father. Job's three princely friends not only mistook his case, but were severe in their reprehensions; and were themselves reprehended of...
1 Timothy 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 5:1 Exhort for intreat , A.V.; and omitted. Rebuke not (μὴ ἐπιπλήξης); only here in the New Testament for the more usual ἐπιτιμάω ( 2 Timothy 4:2 , and fr...
1 Timothy 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Care of Widows on the Part of the Congregation.
1 Timothy 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:8 ; 1 Corinthians 7:9 ; 1 Peter 4:14 ; 1 Peter 4:15 ; 1 Timothy 2:8 ; 1 Timothy 4:3 ; 1 Timothy 5:11 ; 1 Timothy 6:1 ; 2 Corinthians 11:12 ; 2 Samuel 12:14 ; Daniel 6:4 ;...
1 Timothy 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I counsel therefore the younger women — Widows or virgins, such as are not disposed to live single. To marry, to bear children, to guide the family — Then will they have sufficient employment of th...

1 Timothy 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Timothy 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Timothy 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Timothy 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Timothy 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Timothy 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Timothy 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Timothy 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes