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1 Timothy 5:9

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5:9No widow should be put on the list13 unless14 she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,15

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Footnotes

  1. 13 This list was an official enrollment, apparently with a formal pledge to continue as a widow and serve the Lord in that way (cf. v. 12). It was either (1) the list of “true widows” who were given support by the church or (2) a smaller group of older women among the supported widows who were qualified for special service (perhaps to orphans, other widows, the sick, etc.). Most commentators understand it to be the former, since a special group is not indicated clearly. See G. W. Knight, Pastoral Epistles, for discussion.
  2. 14 Grk “let a widow be enrolled if she has reached not less than sixty years.”
  3. 15 Or “a woman married only once,” “was devoted solely to her husband” (see the note on “wife” in ; also 1 Tim 3:12; Titus 1:6).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

No widow is to be enrolled on the list for support unless she is at least sixty years old, has been the wife of one husband,

NLTNew Living Translation

A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old, the wife of one husband,

KJV 1900King James Version

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,