World English Bible
1 Timothy 5:9
“Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,”
Verse in context — 1 Timothy 5
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Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
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But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
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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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being 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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But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
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