1 Timothy 5:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old and has been married only once;^{[a] 10} she must be well attested for her good works, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way. ¹¹ But refuse to put younger widows on the list; for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,