Do not let a widow be counted unless she is over sixty years old, has been the wife of one man,
And they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and shall plaster the house.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own houses well.
An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;
But refuse the younger widows, for when their sensual desires have drawn them away from Christ, they want to marry,
Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, and give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
If any believing man or woman has widows, let those assist them. Do not let the church be charged, so that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.