1 Timothy 5:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ Do not enrol a widow unless she is over sixty years of age, having been the wife of one man,

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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,

1 Timothy 5:9 Cross References

Leviticus 14:42

“And they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and take other mortar and plaster the house.

1 Timothy 3:12

Let attendants be the husbands of only one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to teach,

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse the younger widows, for when they become headstrong against the Messiah, they desire to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I resolve that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, giving no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any believing man or woman has widows, let such assist them, and do not let the assembly be burdened, in order to assist those who are truly widows.