1 Timothy 5:7-9
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7 Give these commands as well, so that they may be above reproach.(A) 8 And whoever does not provide for relatives, and especially for family members, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.(B)
9 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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- 5.9 Gk the wife of one husband
1 Timothy 5:7-9
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7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 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.
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
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