Cross References

1 Timothy 5:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

No widow is to be enrolled on the list for support unless she is at least sixty years old, has been the wife of one husband,

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An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

But refuse to enrol younger widows, for when they are drawn away from Christ by desire, they want to marry

Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.

Deacons are to be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.

If any believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it can help widows in genuine need.

Then they are to take different stones to replace the former ones and take additional plaster to replaster the house.