1 Timothy 5:9

Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband,

Geneva Bible 1599

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 there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.

10And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the places of those stones, and shall take other mortar, to plaister the house with.

1 Corinthians 7:10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

1 Timothy 3:2A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,

1 Timothy 5:3Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.

1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.

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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