8 But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.
10 Well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 And at the same time they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.