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
No one under sixty is to be put on the church's list of widows; and she must have been only once married,
To wax
James 5:5
You have revelled on earth and plunged into dissipation; you have fattened yourselves as for the Day of slaughter;
2 Peter 2:18
By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct ??19 promising them freedom, when they are themselves enslaved to corruption (for a man is the slave of whatever overpowers him).
They will
1 Timothy 5:14
So I prefer young widows to marry again, to bear children, to look after their households, and not to afford our opponents any chance of reviling us.
1 Corinthians 7:39
A woman is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if he dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases ??only, it must be a Christian.
General references
Matthew 19:10
The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's position with his wife, there is no good in marrying."