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1 Timothy 5:9

Tree of Life Version

Let a widow be listed only if she is at least sixty, was the wife of one husband,

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They may then take other stones and put them in the place of those stones. Likewise he can take other mortar, and plaster the house.

Let servant-leaders be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

An overseer, then, must be beyond criticism—the husband of one wife, clear-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

But refuse younger widows; for when their sensual desires draw them away from the Messiah, they want to get married—

Therefore, I want the younger widows to get married, have children, manage a household, and give no opportunity to the enemy for slander.

If any woman of faith has widows in need, let her help them and not let the community be burdened, so it may help the real widows.