1 Timothy 5:9

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.

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

¹⁰ Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

¹¹ But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: En enke kan velges dersom hun ikke er yngre enn seksti år, dersom hun har vært én manns hustru,
OTB: En enke skal bare settes på listen hvis hun er minst seksti år gammel og har vært én manns hustru,
B1930: En enke kan velges dersom hun ikke er yngre enn seksti år, dersom hun har vært én manns hustru,

BSB: A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
KJV: Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
WEB: Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
ASV: Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, [having been] the wife of one man,
DARBY: Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,
BLB: Let a widow be enrolled, being not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one man,

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1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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1 Timothy 5:11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
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Luke 2:36–37
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
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1 Timothy 5:3–4
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
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1 Corinthians 7:39–40
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
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1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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1 Corinthians 7:10–11
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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