1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

In Context

8And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house hold, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

10having a good reputation for good works; if she has borne children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the saints feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband:

1 Timothy 3:2A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 5:3Honor widows that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy 5:14I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:4-17

Directions Concerning Widows. ( a. d. 64.) 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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