KJV King James Version
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
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1 Timothy 5:9
Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,
WEB World English Bible
Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
ASV American Standard Version
Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A widow—let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
Surrounding context — 1 Timothy 5
6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
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1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;Luke 2:36-37And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;1 Timothy 5:11But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.1 Corinthians 7:10-11And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:1 Timothy 5:3-4Honour widows that are widows indeed.1 Corinthians 7:39-40The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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