Devine Scripture

1 Timothy 5:9

1 Timothy chapter 5 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

Context

v.8But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

v.9This passage

v.10well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Timothy 5:11

    But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

  • 1 Corinthians 7:10

    But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

  • 1 Timothy 3:12

    Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

  • 1 Timothy 5:3

    Honor widows that are widows indeed.

  • 1 Timothy 3:2

    The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

  • 1 Corinthians 7:39

    A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.