1 Timothy 5:9 Cross References - Living_Oracles

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

³⁶ There was also a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, in advanced age, who had lived seven years with a husband, whom she married when a virgin; ³⁷ and being now a widow about eighty-four years, departed not from the temple, but served God in prayer and fasting night and day;

¹⁰ Now, those who have married I charge, (yet not I, but the Lord;) let not a wife depart from her husband: ¹¹ but if she even depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and a husband must not put away his wife.

³⁹ A wife is bound, as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she pleases; only in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she continue as she is. This is my opinion; and I think I have the Spirit of God.

² The bishop, then, must be unclaimed, the husband of one wife, vigilant, prudent, of comely behavior, hospitable, fit to teach;

¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling well their children and their families.

³ Honor widows; who are really widows: ⁴ but if any widow have children, or grandchildren, let these learn first piously to take care of their own family, and then to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

¹¹ But the younger widows reject; for when they become impatient of the restraint of Christ, they will wish to marry,

¹⁴ I would, therefore, have young widows to marry, to bear children, to govern the house, to give no occasion to the adversary for reproach;