Let not a widow be chosen — Into the number of deaconesses, who attended sick women or travelling preachers. Under threescore — Afterwards they were admitted at forty, if they were eminent for holiness. Having been the wife of one husband — That is, having lived in lawful marriage, whether with one or more persons successively.
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1 Timothy 5:9
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,