These things therefore warn them of, that they may be blameless.

If there be any that provideth not for his own, and namely for them of his household, he denieth the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

[a]Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, that hath been the wife of [b]one husband.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:9 The fourth rule: Let none under threescore years old, be taken into the number of widows, to serve the Congregations or Churches, and such as are free from all reproach of unchastity, and are well reported of for their diligence, charity, and integrity.
  2. 1 Timothy 5:9 That hath had no more husbands, but one at one time.

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