1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,

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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

8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.

10who has testimony of her good works: whether she has educated children, or has provided hospitality, or has washed the feet of the saints, or has ministered to those suffering tribulation, or has pursued any kind of good work.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42and that other stones be put back, in place of those which had been taken away, and that the house be plastered with other mortar.

1 Corinthians 7:10But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.

1 Timothy 3:2Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,

1 Timothy 5:3Honor those widows who are true widows.

1 Timothy 5:14Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.

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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