1 Timothy 5:11
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But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

the younger.

1 Timothy 5:9,14 Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. . . .

to wax.

Deuteronomy 32:15 The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross, he forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour.

Isaiah 3:16 And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:

Hosea 13:6 According to their pastures they were filled, and were made full: and they lifted up their heart, and have forgotten me.

James 5:5 You have feasted upon earth: and in riotousness you have nourished your hearts, in the day of slaughter.

2 Peter 2:18 For, speaking proud words of vanity, they allure by the desires of fleshly riotousness those who for a little while escape, such as converse in error:

they will.

1 Timothy 5:14 I will, therefore, that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.

1 Corinthians 7:39,40 A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord. . . .

Context
Support for Widows
10Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work. 11But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry: 12Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.…
Cross References
1 Timothy 5:12
Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.

Revelation 18:3
Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; And the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the power of her delicacies.

Revelation 18:7
As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see.

Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning:

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

refuse [to enroll]
παραιτοῦ (paraitou)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3868: From para and the middle voice of aiteo; to beg off, i.e. Deprecate, decline, shun.

younger
Νεωτέρας (Neōteras)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural - Comparative
Strong's Greek 3501: (a) young, youthful, (b) new, fresh.

widows.
χήρας (chēras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5503: Feminine of a presumed derivative apparently from the base of chasma through the idea of deficiency; a widow, literally or figuratively.

For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

when
ὅταν (hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

their passions draw them away
καταστρηνιάσωσιν (katastrēniasōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2691: To grow wanton towards. From kata and streniao; to become voluptuous against.

from Christ,
Χριστοῦ (Christou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

they will want
θέλουσιν (thelousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

to marry,
γαμεῖν (gamein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1060: To marry, used of either sex. From gamos; to wed.


Additional Translations
But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,

But refuse younger widows; for when they might grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;

But the younger widows you must not enrol; for as soon as they begin to chafe against the yoke of Christ, they want to marry,

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
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