1 Timothy 5:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
In context
7 Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.
8 If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
10 and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
11 But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
1 Timothy 5:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
- KJV King James Version
- Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- WEB World English Bible
- Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
- ASV American Standard Version
- Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A widow — let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,
- WBS Webster Bible
- Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.