1 Timothy 5:14

1 Timothy 5:14

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

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

  

b. YLT: I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

d. Amplified Bible Classic: So I would have younger [widows] marry, bear children, guide the household, [and] not give opponents of the faith occasion for slander or reproach.

1. “I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children…”

a. [I] will [Strong: 1014 boúlomai, boo'-lom-ahee; middle voice of a primary verb; to "will," i.e. (reflexively) be willing:—be disposed, minded, intend, list, (be, of own) will (-ing).]

b. therefore [Strong: 3767 oûn, oon; apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:—and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.]

c. [that the] younger [women] [Strong: 3501 néos, neh'-os; including the comparative νεότερος neóteros neh-o'-ter-os; a primary word; "new", i.e. (of persons) youthful, or (of things) fresh; figuratively, regenerate:—new, young.]

d. marry [Strong: 1060 gaméō, gam-eh'-o; from G1062; to wed (of either sex):—marry (a wife).]

e. bear children [Strong: 5041 teknogonéō, tek-nog-on-eh'-o; from a compound of G5043 and the base of G1096; to be a child-bearer, i.e. parent (mother):—bear children.]

  

2.  “...guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”

a. guide the house [Strong: 3616 oikodespotéō, oy-kod-es-pot-eh'-o; from G3617; to be the head of (i.e. rule) a family:—guide the house.]

b. give [Strong: 1325 dídōmi, did'-o-mee; a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection):—adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.]

c. none [Strong: 3367 mēdeís, may-dice'; from G3361 and G1520; not even one (man, woman, thing):—any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, +without delay.]

d. occasion [Strong: 874 aphormḗ, af-or-may'; from a compound of G575 and G3729; a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity:—occasion.]

e. [to] the [Strong: 3588 ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

  

g. adversary [Strong: 480 antíkeimai, an-tik'-i-mahee; from G473 and G2749; to lie opposite, i.e. be adverse (figuratively, repugnant) to:—adversary, be contrary, oppose.]

h. to [Strong: 5484 chárin, khar'-in; accusative case of G5485 as preposition; through favor of, i.e. on account of:—be-(for) cause of, for sake of, +…fore, × reproachfully.]

i. speak reproachfully [Strong: 3059 loidoría, loy-dor-ee'-ah; from G3060; slander or vituperation:—railing, reproach(-fully).]