6. but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
7. Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.
8. But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9. Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
10. and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
11. But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry
12. and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.