Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children well, and their own houses.
1 Timothy 5:9 - English Majority Text Version Let a widow be enrolled having become not less than sixty years, the wife of one man, Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children well, and their own houses.
It is necessary, therefore, for a bishop to be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful at teaching;
But refuse to enroll the younger widows; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
Therefore I desire that the younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage the house, to give no opportunity to the adversary because of reproach.
If any believing man or believing woman has widows, let that one relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are really widows.