Let none be enrolled as a widow (χηρα καταλεγεσθω). Present passive imperative of καταλεγω, old verb, to set down in an official l…

Let not a widow be taken into the number. The marginal reading, chosen, expresses the sense of the Greek more accurately, but the…

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old.—The question concerning the assistance to be provide…

Having defined a real widow as one bereft of all relatives to take care of her, Paul now restricts the matter further by saying that no widow under…

Let a widow be chosen. He again points out what kind of widows should be taken under the care of the Church; and more clearly than he had …

Let not a widow be taken into the number
That is, of widows, to be maintained by the church; though some choose to u…

Everyone brought into any office in the church should be free from just censure; and many are proper objects of charity, yet should not be employed…

1. Previously, the Apostle taught that widows in the Church must be cared for. Here, he specifies which ones are to be supported.

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