For some may also be expressed as “For some of the younger widows.”

It is urgent for younger widows to remarry, have children, and manage their households in order to prevent them from falling into the clutches of Satan; some in fact have already done so: they have already strayed after Satan. Strayed translates a word that already occurs in 1.6, where it is rendered “wandered away.” For Satan see 1.20.

Quoted with permission from Arichea, Daniel C. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Paul’s First Letter to Timothy. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1995. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .