1 Timothy 5:9 Cross References - CLV

⁹ Let no widow be listed of less than sixty years, having been the wife of one man,

³⁶ And there was Hannah, a prophetess, a daughter of Penuel, out of the tribe of Asher (she is advanced in her many days, living with a husband seven years from her virginity, ³⁷ and she is a widow till she is eighty-four years) who does not withdraw from the sanctuary, with fasts and petitions offering divine service night and day."

¹⁰ Now to the married I am charging, not I, but the Lord: A wife is not to be separated from her husband." ¹¹ Yet if she should be separated also, let her remain unmarried or be conciliated to her husband. And a husband is not to leave his wife."

³⁹ A wife is bound by law for whatever time her husband is living. Yet if the husband should be reposing, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord." ⁴⁰ Yet happier is she if ever she should be remaining thus, according to my opinion. Now I presume that I also have God's spirit."

² The supervisor, then, must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, sober, sane, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach,

¹² Let servants be the husbands of one wife, controlling children and their own households ideally,

³ Widows be honoring, who are really widows." ⁴ Now if any widow has children or descendants, let them learn to be devoted to their own household first and reciprocate by paying their progenitors, for this is welcome in God's sight."

¹¹ Yet the younger widows refuse, for whenever they should be restive against Christ, they are wanting to marry;"

¹⁴ I am intending, then, that younger widows are to be marrying, bearing children, managing the household, giving an opposer nothing as an incentive favoring reviling,