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8 But, if any man does not provide for his own, and especially for those who are of his own household who are of the faith, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 When you select a worthy widow to help, select therefore one who is not less than three score years, who has been the wife of one man only,
10 And well spoken of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has comforted the distressed, if she has been diligent in every good work.
11 But refuse the younger widows: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry.
12 Their judgment awaits them because they have been untrue to their first faith.
13 And with it all, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only to be idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 I would, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage their own households, and give no occasion to the adversary for disdain.
15 For, as conditions are now, some have already strayed after Satan.
16 If any believers, either man or woman, have widows in their families, let them feed them, and do not let them be a burden on the congregation, so that the church may have enough for those who are widows indeed.