1 Timothy 5:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Common English Bible

⁹ Put a widow on the list who is older than 60 years old and who was faithful to her husband.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well;

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse to enrol younger widows; for when they grow wanton against Christ they desire to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, rule their households, and give the enemy 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 may assist those who are real widows.