Childbearing

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. …

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.