7. Insist on these things, so that they might be beyond criticism.
8. But if anyone does not provide for his own, especially those in his own house, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9. Let a widow be listed only if she is at least sixty, was the wife of one husband,
10. well known for good deeds, if she raised children, if she showed hospitality, if she washed the feet of the kedoshim, if she helped those in trouble, and if she devoted herself to every good work.
11. But refuse younger widows; for when their sensual desires draw them away from the Messiah, they want to get married—
12. facing judgment because they have set aside their previous pledge.
13. And at the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house—and not just idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, saying things they should not.
14. Therefore, I want the younger widows to get married, have children, manage a household, and give no opportunity to the enemy for slander.
15. For some have already gone astray after satan.
16. If any woman of faith has widows in need, let her help them and not let the community be burdened, so it may help the real widows.