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Give these commands as well, so that they may be above reproach.(A) And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(B)

Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once;[a]

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  1. 5.9 Gk the wife of one husband

Give the people these instructions,(A) so that no one may be open to blame. Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied(B) the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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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