11 But refuse to register younger widows, for when they feel (A)physical desires alienating them from Christ, they want to get married,

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11 As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.

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For all the nations have fallen because of the (A)wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and (B)the kings of the earth have committed acts of sexual immorality with her, and the (C)merchants of the earth have become rich from the [a]excessive wealth of her [b](D)luxury.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:3 Lit power
  2. Revelation 18:3 Or sensuality

For all the nations have drunk
    the maddening wine of her adulteries.(A)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,(B)
    and the merchants of the earth grew rich(C) from her excessive luxuries.”(D)

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(A)To the extent that she glorified herself and (B)lived luxuriously, to the same extent give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘(C)I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

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Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.