1 Timothy 5:9

WEB

⁹Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

KJV

⁹Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

BSB

⁹A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,

FBV

⁹Only widows over sixty who have been faithful to their husbands should be put on the list.

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Extra References

1 Timothy 3:2

²The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

1 Timothy 5:11

¹¹But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

³⁶There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, ³⁷and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

1 Timothy 3:12

¹²Let servants^[+] be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

¹⁰But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband ¹¹(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

1 Timothy 5:3-4

³Honor widows who are widows indeed. ⁴But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is^[+] in the sight of God.

1 Corinthians 7:39-40

³⁹A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord. ⁴⁰But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

1 Timothy 5:14

¹⁴I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.