Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
The younger
To wax
They will
General references
Bible References
The younger
1 Timothy 5:9
Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,
To wax
James 5:5
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
2 Peter 2:18
For by speaking boastful words of folly, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, and through lasciviousness, those who had really escaped from those who live in error.
They will
1 Timothy 5:14
I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.
1 Timothy 4:3
who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe, and know the truth.
1 Corinthians 7:39
The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.
General references
Matthew 19:10
His disciples said to him: If the relation of man and wife be such, it is not good to marry.