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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

And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.

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