1 Timothy · Πρὸς Τιμόθεον Αʹ

1 Timothy 5:14

Βούλομαι οὖν νεωτέρας γαμεῖν, τεκνογονεῖν, οἰκοδεσποτεῖν, μηδεμίαν ἀφορμὴν διδόναι τῷ ἀντικειμένῳ λοιδορίας χάριν.
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.

Greek

Βούλομαι οὖν νεωτέρας γαμεῖν, τεκνογονεῖν, οἰκοδεσποτεῖν, μηδεμίαν ἀφορμὴν διδόναι τῷ ἀντικειμένῳ λοιδορίας χάριν.

Boylomai oyn neōteras gamein, teknogonein, oikodespotein, mēdemian aphormēn didonai antikeimenō loidorias charin.

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