Do not add. A listed widow meets certain qualifications; is supported directly by the church; and is in a sense the female counterpart of the church leader. She is primarily a teacher, in contrast to the female church helper (1 Timothy 3:11 and note). More than sixty years old. This is a special requirement, only for a listed widow. If she is under sixty, 1 Timothy 5:14 applies. Married only once. She must have been a married woman (see note on 1 Timothy 3:2). She could not have been a prostitute or a concubine.

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