1 Timothy 5:9

Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,

Darby Translation

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 any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of [his] house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.

10borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and they shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;

1 Timothy 3:2The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

1 Timothy 5:3Honour widows who are really widows;

1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

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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