
Article Title: | 1Ti 5.9-10; 11-16: Determining True Widows, Recommendations for Younger Widows |
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This sample covers 1Ti 5.9-10 and 1Ti 5.11-16:
Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband, and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work. But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith. Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander. For some have already strayed after Satan. If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are really widows. (1Ti 5.9-16, ESV)
This is actually covered as two parts (vv. 9-10 and vv. 11-16) of a larger section (vv. 3-16).
Please see my overview post for further details on what this is all about.
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