1 Timothy 5:9-10
New Living Translation
9 A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.[a] 10 She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done. Has she brought up her children well? Has she been kind to strangers and served other believers humbly?[b] Has she helped those who are in trouble? Has she always been ready to do good?
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1 Timothy 5:9-10
New English Translation
9 No widow should be put on the list[a] unless[b] she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,[c] 10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children,[d] practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress—as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.[e]
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- 1 Timothy 5:9 sn This list was an official enrollment, apparently with a formal pledge to continue as a widow and serve the Lord in that way (cf. v. 12). It was either (1) the list of “true widows” who were given support by the church or (2) a smaller group of older women among the supported widows who were qualified for special service (perhaps to orphans, other widows, the sick, etc.). Most commentators understand it to be the former, since a special group is not indicated clearly. See G. W. Knight, Pastoral Epistles, 222-23 for discussion.
- 1 Timothy 5:9 tn Grk “let a widow be enrolled if she has reached not less than sixty years.”
- 1 Timothy 5:9 tn Or “a woman married only once,” “was devoted solely to her husband” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 3:12; Titus 1:6).
- 1 Timothy 5:10 tn Grk “if she raised children.” The phrase “if she raised children” begins a series of conditional clauses running to the end of the verse. These provide specific examples of her good works (v. 10a).
- 1 Timothy 5:10 tn Grk “followed after every good work.”
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