8. But if someone does not provide for his own relatives, and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9. Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old, the wife of one husband,
10. being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.
11. But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry,
12. thus incurring condemnation because they have broken their former pledge.