9 Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been ^mthe wife of one husband,¹ 10 and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has ⁿwashed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

14 ^pSo I would have younger widows marry, ^qbear children, ^rmanage their households, and ^sgive the adversary no occasion for slander.