⁹ A widow may be put on the widows’^[a] list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.^{[b] 10} She must be well known for her good actions as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints’ feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

¹¹ But do not include younger widows on your list.^[c] For whenever their natural desires cause them to lose their devotion to the Messiah,^[d] they want to remarry.