New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Timothy 5:9
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A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,
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Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
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Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, [having been] the wife of one man,
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Let a widow be enrolled, being not less than sixty years [old], [the] wife of one man,
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Timothy 5
7 Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.
8 If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,
10 and 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.
11 But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
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