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I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.
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A Practical and Honorable Calling
Commentators explain that Paul's advice for younger widows to remarry is practical wisdom, not a universal command. He presents marriage and managing a home as a noble, God-honoring calling that protects against the dangers of idleness. Scholars like Ellicott and Calvin note this affirms a life attainable by all, not an impossible ascetic ideal, and is fully pleasing to God.
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1 Timothy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
I desire (βουλομα). See 2:8.The younger widows (νεωτερας). No article and no word for widows, though that is clea…
19th Century
Anglican
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house.—Here the Apostle deliberately expresses hi…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
I wish the younger (widows) to marry. Critical men laugh at this injunction of the Apostle. “As if,” they say, “it had been neces…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will therefore that the younger women marry Or "the younger" widows rather; and so some copies read; for this is n…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle taught that widows in the Church must be cared for. Here, he specifies which ones are to be supported.
