1 Timothy 5:9

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,

Cross References

1 Timothy 3:12

Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well.

1 Timothy 3:2

The Presiding-Officer should be a man of blameless character; a faithful husband; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skillful teacher,

1 Timothy 5:11

But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,

1 Timothy 5:14

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

1 Timothy 5:16

Any Christian woman, who has relations who are widows, ought to relieve them and not allow them to become a burden to the Church, so that the Church may relieve those widows who are really widowed.