1 Timothy 5:5-10 But a woman who is really a widow, and has no children, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to prayers and entreaties night and day.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ But a woman who is really a widow, and has no children, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to prayers and entreaties night and day. ⁶ A widow who gives herself up to pleasure is dead while she is still alive. ⁷ Insist upon these points, so that people may be irreproachable. ⁸ Whoever fails to provide for his own relatives, and particularly for members of his own family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once, ¹⁰ and have a good reputation for Christian service, such as bringing up children, being hospitable to strangers, washing the feet of God's people, helping people in distress, or devoting herself to any form of doing good.