Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife and such as rule their children well, and their own households.
1 Timothy 5:9 - William Tyndale New Testament ¶ Let no widow be chosen under threescore year old, and such a one as was the wife of one man, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let no one be put on the roll of widows [who are to receive church support] who is under sixty years of age or who has been the wife of more than one man; American Standard Version (1901) Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Common English Bible Put a widow on the list who is older than 60 years old and who was faithful to her husband. Catholic Public Domain Version Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband. |
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife and such as rule their children well, and their own households.
Yee and a bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, sober, of honest behavior, honestly apparelled, harbourous, apt to teach,
The younger widows refuse. For when they have begun to wax wanton, to the dishonour of Christ, then will they marry,
¶ I will therefore that the younger women marry and bear children, and guide the house, and give none occasion to the adversary to speak evil.
And if any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them minister unto them, and let not the congregation be charged: that it may have sufficient for them that are widows in deed.