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But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

Do not add any widow to the list of widows unless she is over sixty years of age. In addition, she must have been married only once[a] 10 and have a reputation for good deeds: a woman who brought up her children well, received strangers in her home, performed humble duties for other Christians, helped people in trouble, and devoted herself to doing good.

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  1. 1 Timothy 5:9 married only once; or faithful to her husband.

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