1 Timothy 5:8-10

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⁸Everyone should take care of all their own people. Most important, they should take care of their own family. If they do not do that, then they do not accept what we believe. They are worse than someone who does not even believe in God.

⁹To be added to your list of widows, a woman must be 60 years old or older. She must have been faithful to her husband.^[a] ¹⁰She must be known for the good she has done: raising children, welcoming travelers into her home, serving the needs^[b] of God’s people, helping those in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good.

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Footnotes

1 Timothy 5:9 faithful to her husband Literally, “a woman of one man.”
1 Timothy 5:10 serving the needs Literally, “washing the feet,” a social custom of the first century, because people wore open sandals on very dusty roads.