9Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.


In Context

6 For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living.

7 And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.

8 But if any man have not care of his own, and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

9 Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.

10 Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.

11 But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

1 Timothy 5:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:9No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9A widow — let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man.