⁹ Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, `having been' the wife of one man,

² The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

³⁶ And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

³⁷ and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

¹⁰ But unto the married I give charge, `yea' not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

¹¹ (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

³⁹ A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

¹² Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling `their' children and their own houses well.

³ Honor widows that are widows indeed.

⁴ But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

¹¹ But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger `widows' marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: