1 Timothy 5:9

Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

World English Bible Classic

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 doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

10being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

1 Timothy 3:2The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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

1 Timothy 5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

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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