1Ti 5:11-12 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Tim 5:11-15: 5:11-15 Young widows still in their childbearing years required a different approach. Paul was concerned that the false teachers were leading them astray . Summary for 1Tim 5:11-12: 5:11-12 If Paul was concerned about remarriage to unbelievers (cp. 5:14 ), their previous pledge would refer to their Christian faith, which they would surrender upon entering a pagan marriage; such a marriage would probably have alienated them from Christ. It is also possible that Paul and the church recognized a special category of “sacred widowhood” (see 5:5 ; cp. Acts 9:36-37 ), entered by a vow that Paul refers to as the previous pledge.

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‏ 1 Timothy 5:11-12

Summary for 1Tim 5:11-15: 5:11-15 ^a Young widows still in their childbearing years required a different approach. Paul was concerned that the false teachers were leading them astray.
Summary for 1Tim 5:11-12: 5:11-12 ^b If Paul was concerned about remarriage to unbelievers (cp. 5:14 ^c), their previous pledge would refer to their Christian faith, which they would surrender upon entering a pagan marriage; such a marriage would probably have alienated them from Christ. It is also possible that Paul and the church recognized a special category of “sacred widowhood” (see 5:5 ^d; cp. Acts 9:36-37 ^e), entered by a vow that Paul refers to as the previous pledge.