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1 Timothy 5:9-11
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Timothy 5:9-11
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
9 Let a widow be put-on-the-list[a] having become not fewer than sixty years old, a woman of one man[b], 10 being attested by good works: if she brought-up-children, if she received-strangers[c], if she washed the feet of saints, if she aided ones being afflicted, if she followed-after every good work.
But Decline To Include The Young Widows; Let Them Marry
11 But be declining[d] younger[e] widows. For when they grow-sensual[f] against Christ, they want to marry—
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- 1 Timothy 5:9 Or, enrolled, enlisted. That is, as financially supported by the church; or, as a deaconess serving the church.
- 1 Timothy 5:9 Or, a wife of one husband. Some think this refers in some sense to marital status; others, to marital fidelity.
- 1 Timothy 5:10 Or, showed-hospitality.
- 1 Timothy 5:11 That is, declining to put on the list.
- 1 Timothy 5:11 That is, such as would bear children, v 14.
- 1 Timothy 5:11 That is, desire the pleasures of marriage. Their desire for children and a home will lead them to pursue things other than the service to Christ as a widow to which they pledged themselves.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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