1 Timothy 5:9

A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

Majority Standard Bible

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

8If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

10and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.

1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 5:3Honor the widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:14So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

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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