1 Timothy 5:9
“Let not a widow bee taken into the number, vnder threescore yeeres old, hauing bene the wife of one man,”
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1 Timothy 5:9 Context
7And these things giue in charge, that they may be blamelesse. 8But if any prouide not for his owne, & specially for those of his owne house, hee hath denied the faith, and is worse then an infidel. 9Let not a widow bee taken into the number, vnder threescore yeeres old, hauing bene the wife of one man, 10Well reported of for good works, if shee haue brought vp children, if shee haue lodged strangers, if she haue washed the Saints feet, if shee haue releeued the afflicted, if shee haue diligently followed euery good worke. 11But the yonger widowes refuse: for when they haue begunne to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marry,
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Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- King James Version
A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, {having been} the wife of one man,
- New American Standard Version (1995)