1 Timothy 5:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once;

Cross References

Leviticus 14:42

They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones and take other plaster and plaster the house.

1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse to put younger widows on the list, for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary 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 can assist those who are real widows.