1 Timothy 5:5-10

Moffatt(i) 5 The really forlorn widow has her hope fixed on God, night and day she is at her prayers and supplications; 6 whereas the widow who plunges into dissipation is dead before ever she dies. 7 So lay down the following rules, to prevent any reproach being incurred. 8 Whoever does not provide for his own relatives and particularly for his own family, has repudiated the faith: he is worse than an infidel. 9 No one under sixty is to be put on the church's list of widows; and she must have been only once married, 10 she must have a reputation for good service, as a woman who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved distress, and interested herself in all good works.