1 Timothy 5:9

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Revised Version 1895

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 provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

10well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath 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 he shall take other mortar, and shall plaister the house.

1 Corinthians 7:10But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

1 Timothy 3:2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, soberminded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

1 Timothy 5:3Honour widows that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy 5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give none occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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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