1 Timothy 5:9

New English Translation

No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

Cross References

Leviticus 14:42

They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

1 Timothy 5:11

But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

1 Timothy 5:16

If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.