1 Timothy 5:9

No widow under sixty years of age should be put on this roll. A widow must have had but one husband,

So the pastor must be a man above reproach, must have only one wife, must be temperate, sensible, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful in teaching;

There was also a prophetess there, Hannah, a daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher.

To the people already married I give this instruction -- no, not I but the Lord -- that a wife is not to leave her husband.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases, except that he must be a Christian.

A deacon too must have only one wife, and manage his children and household well.

Always care for widows who are really dependent.

Keep the young widows off this roll, for when they get to indulging their lower nature in opposition to Christ, they want to marry,

So I would have the younger women marry, have children, and keep house, so as not to give our opponents any occasion for slander.

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

Always care for widows who are really dependent.

Keep the young widows off this roll, for when they get to indulging their lower nature in opposition to Christ, they want to marry,

There was also a prophetess there, Hannah, a daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher.

So the pastor must be a man above reproach, must have only one wife, must be temperate, sensible, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful in teaching;

To the people already married I give this instruction -- no, not I but the Lord -- that a wife is not to leave her husband.