1Ti 5:14-15 | TNotes | STEP | 5:14 Paul is advising younger widows to remarry—and to marry believers (5:11-12 ; cp. 2:15 ). • not ... say anything against them: Their actions were hurting their testimony for the Good News (see 1 Thes 4:11-12 ; Titus 2:8 ).

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‏ 1 Timothy 5:14-15

5:14 ^a Paul is advising younger widows to remarry—and to marry believers (5:11-12 ^b; cp. 2:15 ^c).

• not ... say anything against them: Their actions were hurting their testimony for the Good News (see 1 Thes 4:11-12 ^d; Titus 2:8 ^e).
5:15 ^f now follow Satan: They had committed apostasy, renouncing Christ, probably in connection with the false teachers (1:6-7 ^g; cp. 3:6-7 ^h; Heb 2:1 ⁱ) and their self-indulgence (1 Tim 5:6 ^j, 13 ^k).