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But if anyone does not provide-for his own relatives, and especially family-members, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Let a widow be put-on-the-list[a] having become not fewer than sixty years old, a woman of one man[b], 10 being attested by good works: if she brought-up-children, if she received-strangers[c], if she washed the feet of saints, if she aided ones being afflicted, if she followed-after every good work.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:9 Or, enrolled, enlisted. That is, as financially supported by the church; or, as a deaconess serving the church.
  2. 1 Timothy 5:9 Or, a wife of one husband. Some think this refers in some sense to marital status; others, to marital fidelity.
  3. 1 Timothy 5:10 Or, showed-hospitality.

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied(A) 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, 10 and is well known for her good deeds,(B) such as bringing up children, showing hospitality,(C) washing the feet(D) of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble(E) and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

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