1 Timothy 5:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let no one be put on the roll of widows [who are to receive church support] who is under sixty years of age or who has been the wife of more than one man;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Put a widow on the list who is older than 60 years old and who was faithful to her husband.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.

1 Timothy 5:9 Cross References

Leviticus 14:42

They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones and take other plaster and plaster the house.

1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse to put younger widows on the list, for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her assist them; let the church not be burdened, so that it can assist those who are real widows.