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I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

I desire (βουλομα). See 2:8.The younger widows (νεωτερας). No article and no word for widows, though that is clea…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I will therefore. I give it as my opinion; or this is my counsel. (See Barnes on 1 Corinthians 7:6, 10, 40).

That t…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house.—Here the Apostle deliberately expresses hi…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

In view of these dangers, Paul advises “younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes,” in order that they may “give the enemy n…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I wish the younger (widows) to marry. Critical men laugh at this injunction of the Apostle. “As if,” they say, “it had been neces…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I will therefore that the younger women marry
Or "the younger" widows rather; and so some copies read; for this is n…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Everyone brought into any office in the church should be free from just censure; and many are proper objects of charity, yet should not be employed…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Previously, the Apostle taught that widows in the Church must be cared for. Here, he specifies which ones are to be supported.

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