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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:9 Or a woman of one man

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

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Therefore (A)an overseer[a] must be above reproach, (B)the husband of one wife,[b] (C)sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, (D)hospitable, (E)able to teach,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:2 Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1
  2. 1 Timothy 3:2 Or a man of one woman; also verse 12

Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(A) faithful to his wife,(B) temperate,(C) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(D) able to teach,(E)

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