1 Timothy 5:9

Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore yere olde and soche a one as was the wyfe of one man

Tyndale 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

8Yf ther be eny that provideth not for his awne and namly for them of his housholde the same denyeth the fayth and is worsse then an infydell.

10and well reported of in good workes: yf she have noresshed children yf she have bene liberall to straugers yf she have wesshed the saynctes fete yf she have ministred vnto them which were in adversite yf she were continually geve vnto all maner good workes.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:10Vnto the maryed commaunde not I but the Lorde: that the wyfe separate not her selfe from the man.

1 Timothy 3:2Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe sober discrete honestly aparelled harberous apt to teache

1 Timothy 5:3Honoure widdowes which are true wyddowes.

1 Timothy 5:14I will therfore that the yonger weme mary and beare childre and gyde the housse and geve none occasion to the adversary to speake evill

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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