6. But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is still living.
7. Tell the believers there to do these things so that no one can say they are doing wrong.
8. A believer should take care of his own relatives, especially his own family. If he does not do that, he has turned against the faith. He is worse than a person who does not believe in God.
9. To be on your list of widows, a woman must be 60 years old or older. She must have been faithful to her husband.
10. She must be known as a woman who has done good works. By this, I mean good works such as raising her children, accepting visitors in her home, washing the feet of God’s people, helping those in trouble, and using her life to do all kinds of good deeds.
11. But do not put younger widows on that list. After they give themselves to Christ, they are often pulled away from him by their physical desires. And then they want to marry again.
12. And they will be judged for not doing what they first promised to do.