1 Timothy 5:14 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁴ So I would have young women marry and have children and keep house and avoid giving our opponents any excuse for abusing us.

³⁵ while the people stood looking on. Even the leading councilors jeered at him, and said, "He has saved others, let him save himself, if he is really God's Christ, his Chosen One!" ³⁶ The soldiers also made sport of him, coming up and offering him sour wine, ³⁷ saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!" ³⁸ For there was a notice above his head, "This is the king of the Jews!" ³⁹ One of the criminals who were hanging there, abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us too!" ⁴⁰ But the other reproved him and said, "Have you no fear even of God when you are suffering the same penalty? ⁴¹ And we are suffering it justly, for we are only getting our deserts, but this man has done nothing wrong."

¹³ Therefore let us not criticize one another any more. You must resolve instead never to put any hindrance or obstacle in your brother's way.

⁸ To all who are unmarried and to widows, I would say this: It is an excellent thing if they can remain single as I am. ⁹ But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be on fire with passion.

¹² And I shall go on doing as I do, so as to cut the ground from under those who want to make out that in their boasted apostleship they work on the same terms that I do.

⁸ I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven hands that are holy, without any angry disputes.

³ who forbid people to marry and insist on abstinence from certain kinds of food that God created for men who believe and understand the truth to enjoy and give thanks for.

¹¹ Do not put young women on the list of widows, for when their youthful vigor comes between them and Christ, they want to marry,

¹ All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused.

⁵ and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

⁸ and present a wholesome, unobjectionable message, so that your opponent may be put to shame at finding nothing bad to say about us.

⁴ Marriage should be respected by everyone, and the marriage relation kept sacred, for vicious and immoral people God will punish.

¹⁴ If you are being abused for the sake of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you. ¹⁵ For no one of you must suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or revolutionist,